Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2016	Dec. 28, 2014	Dec. 29, 2013
Revenues:
Sales	$ 1,438,802	$ 1,608,455	$ 2,102,881
Franchise revenues	431,495	390,047	320,788
Total revenues	1,870,297	1,998,502	2,423,669
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	1,184,073	1,355,086	1,780,931
General and administrative	256,553	260,732	291,544
Depreciation and amortization	145,051	153,882	175,391
System optimization gains, net	(74,009)	(91,510)	(51,276)
Reorganization and realignment costs	21,910	31,903	37,017
Impairment of long-lived assets	25,001	19,613	36,385
Impairment of goodwill	0	0	9,397
Other operating expense, net	37,248	26,208	4,950
Costs and expenses	1,595,827	1,755,914	2,284,339
Operating profit	274,470	242,588	139,330
Interest expense	(86,067)	(51,994)	(68,644)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(7,295)	0	(28,563)
Investment income, net	52,214	1,199	23,565
Other income (expense), net	806	747	(2,096)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	234,128	192,540	63,592
Provision for income taxes	(94,149)	(76,116)	(16,057)
Income from continuing operations	139,979	116,424	47,535
Discontinued operations:
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	10,494	5,010	(2,903)
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of income taxes	10,669	0	0
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations	21,163	5,010	(2,903)
Net income	161,142	121,434	44,632
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	855
Net income attributable to The Wendy’s Company	$ 161,142	$ 121,434	$ 45,487
Basic income (loss) per share attributable to The Wendy’s Company:
Continuing operations	$ 0.43	$ 0.31	$ 0.12
Discontinued operations	0.07	0.01	(0.01)
Net income	0.50	0.33	0.12
Diluted income (loss) per share attributable to The Wendy’s Company:
Continuing operations	0.43	0.31	0.12
Discontinued operations	0.06	0.01	(0.01)
Net income	$ 0.49	$ 0.32	$ 0.11