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(23) Lease Commitments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2012
Lease Commitments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Rent Expense |
|  | 2011
|  | Wendy’s Restaurants |  | Corporate |  | The Wendy’s Company
Minimum rentals |  | $ | 69,329 |  |  | $ | 1,149 |  |  | $ | 70,478 |
Contingent rentals |  | 10,468 |  |  | — |  |  | 10,468 |
|  | 79,797 |  |  | 1,149 |  |  | 80,946 |
Less sublease income |  | (13,746 | ) |  | (1,338 | ) |  | (15,084 | )
|  | $ | 66,051 |  |  | $ | (189 | ) |  | $ | 65,862 |
|  | 2010
|  | Wendy’s Restaurants |  | Corporate |  | The Wendy’s Company
Minimum rentals |  | $ | 67,587 |  |  | $ | 1,262 |  |  | $ | 68,849 |
Contingent rentals |  | 10,033 |  |  | — |  |  | 10,033 |
|  | 77,620 |  |  | 1,262 |  |  | 78,882 |
Less sublease income |  | (12,769 | ) |  | (1,506 | ) |  | (14,275 | )
|  | $ | 64,851 |  |  | $ | (244 | ) |  | $ | 64,607 |
|  | 2009
|  | Wendy’s Restaurants |  | Corporate |  | The Wendy’s Company
Minimum rentals |  | $ | 69,602 |  |  | $ | 1,723 |  |  | $ | 71,325 |
Contingent rentals |  | 10,664 |  |  | — |  |  | 10,664 |
|  | 80,266 |  |  | 1,723 |  |  | 81,989 |
Less sublease income |  | (13,877 | ) |  | (1,580 | ) |  | (15,457 | )
|  | $ | 66,389 |  |  | $ | 143 |  |  | $ | 66,532 |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases and Capital Leases |
| Rental Payments |  | Rental Receipts
Fiscal Year | Sale- Leaseback Obligations |  | Capitalized Leases |  | Operating Leases (a) |  | Sale- Leaseback Obligations |  | Capitalized Leases |  | Operating Leases (a) |  | Owned Properties
2012 | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | 2,779 |  |  | $ | 75,161 |  |  | $ | 117 |  |  | $ | 536 |  |  | $ | 6,433 |  |  | $ | 3,968 |
2013 | 103 |  |  | 2,480 |  |  | 67,035 |  |  | 117 |  |  | 536 |  |  | 5,231 |  |  | 3,666 |
2014 | 106 |  |  | 2,442 |  |  | 61,581 |  |  | 117 |  |  | 536 |  |  | 4,645 |  |  | 3,576 |
2015 | 120 |  |  | 2,464 |  |  | 57,115 |  |  | 117 |  |  | 536 |  |  | 4,159 |  |  | 3,539 |
2016 | 111 |  |  | 2,073 |  |  | 52,890 |  |  | 117 |  |  | 536 |  |  | 3,665 |  |  | 3,492 |
Thereafter | 2,699 |  |  | 19,882 |  |  | 644,883 |  |  | 1,464 |  |  | 4,630 |  |  | 24,826 |  |  | 36,007 |
Total minimum payments | 3,234 |  |  | 32,120 |  |  | $ | 958,665 |  |  | $ | 2,049 |  |  | $ | 7,310 |  |  | $ | 48,959 |  |  | $ | 54,248 |
Less amounts representing interest, with interest rates between 3% and 33% | (1,768 | ) |  | (16,898 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Present value of minimum sale leaseback and capitalized lease payments | $ | 1,466 |  |  | $ | 15,222 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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(a) | In addition to the amounts presented in the table above, The Wendy’s Company will have rental payments of $711 and rental receipts of $580 in 2012 under the lease for The Wendy’s Company’s former corporate headquarters and from the sublease for office space on two of the floors covered under the lease to a management company formed by our Chairman, who was our former Chief Executive Officer, our Vice Chairman, who was our former President and Chief Operating Officer, and a director, who was our former Vice Chairman (the “Management Company”).
Schedule of Properties Under Capital Leases and Operating Leases, Subleased |
|  | Year End
|  | 2011 |  | 2010
Land |  | $ | 24,211 |  |  | $ | 27,434 |
Buildings and improvements |  | 58,505 |  |  | 64,825 |
Office, restaurant and transportation equipment |  | 4,377 |  |  | 4,133 |
|  | 87,093 |  |  | 96,392 |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization |  | (20,019 | ) |  | (18,344 | )
|  | $ | 67,074 |  |  | $ | 78,048 |

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