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Leases Lease Disclosure (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2014
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Number of Restaurants 6,515us-gaap_NumberOfRestaurants
Minimum [Member]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Lessee Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Term of Contract 15 years
Maximum [Member]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Lessee Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Term of Contract 20 years
Lessee Disclosure [Member] | Minimum [Member]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Lessee Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Term of Contract 15 years
Lessee Disclosure [Member] | Maximum [Member]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Lessee Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Term of Contract 20 years
Lessee Disclosure [Member] | Land and Building [Member]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease, Number of Units 444us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseNumberOfUnits
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= wen_LesseeDisclosureMember
/ us-gaap_MajorPropertyClassAxis
= us-gaap_LandAndBuildingMember
Lessor Disclosure [Member] [Member]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Lessor Leasing Arrangements, Operating Leases, Term of Contract 20 years
Property Subject to Operating Lease [Member] | Lessee Disclosure [Member] | Land and Building [Member]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease, Number of Units 203us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseNumberOfUnits
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= wen_LesseeDisclosureMember
/ us-gaap_MajorPropertyClassAxis
= us-gaap_LandAndBuildingMember
/ us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseAxis
= us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
Property Subject to Operating Lease [Member] | Lessee Disclosure [Member] | Land  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease, Number of Units 310us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseNumberOfUnits
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= wen_LesseeDisclosureMember
/ us-gaap_MajorPropertyClassAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember
/ us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseAxis
= us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
Property Subject to Operating Lease [Member] | Lessor Disclosure [Member] [Member]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease, Number of Units 488us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseNumberOfUnits
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= wen_LessorDisclosureMemberMember
/ us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseAxis
= us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
Property Subject to Operating Lease [Member] | Lessor Disclosure [Member] [Member] | Assets Leased to Others [Member]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease, Number of Units 230us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseNumberOfUnits
/ us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis
= wen_LessorDisclosureMemberMember
/ us-gaap_MajorPropertyClassAxis
= us-gaap_AssetsLeasedToOthersMember
/ us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseAxis
= us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOperatingLeaseMember
Entity Operated Units [Member]  
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]  
Number of Restaurants 957us-gaap_NumberOfRestaurants
/ us-gaap_FranchisorDisclosureAxis
= us-gaap_EntityOperatedUnitsMember