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(29) Quarterly Financial Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Quarterly Financial Information [Abstract] |
Schedule of quarterly financial information | (The Wendy’s Company)
|  | 2011 Quarter Ended
|  | April 3 (a) |  | July 3 (a) |  | October 2 (a) |  | January 1, 2012 (a)
Revenues |  | $ | 582,465 |  |  | $ | 622,459 |  |  | $ | 611,416 |  |  | $ | 615,018 |
Cost of sales |  | 438,871 |  |  | 464,798 |  |  | 458,000 |  |  | 454,440 |
Operating profit |  | 28,017 |  |  | 47,434 |  |  | 32,390 |  |  | 29,280 |
(Loss) income from continuing operations |  | (296 | ) |  | 11,374 |  |  | 2,544 |  |  | 4,290 |
Loss from discontinued operations |  | (1,113 | ) |  | (108 | ) |  | (6,510 | ) |  | (306 | )
Net (loss) income |  | (1,409 | ) |  | 11,266 |  |  | (3,966 | ) |  | 3,984 |
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share (b): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations |  | $ | .00 |  |  | $ | .03 |  |  | $ | .01 |  |  | $ | .01 |
Discontinued operations |  | .00 |  |  | .00 |  |  | (.02 | ) |  | .00 |
Net (loss) income |  | $ | .00 |  |  | $ | .03 |  |  | $ | (.01 | ) |  | $ | .01 |
|  | 2010 Quarter Ended
|  | April 4 |  | July 4 (c) |  | October 3 (d) |  | January 2, 2011 (d)
Revenues |  | $ | 584,714 |  |  | $ | 607,434 |  |  | $ | 600,708 |  |  | $ | 582,583 |
Cost of sales |  | 431,337 |  |  | 442,314 |  |  | 451,319 |  |  | 431,984 |
Operating profit |  | 37,661 |  |  | 58,947 |  |  | 20,290 |  |  | 33,547 |
Income (loss) from continuing operations |  | 7,311 |  |  | 5,442 |  |  | (757 | ) |  | 6,115 |
(Loss) income from discontinued operations |  | (10,711 | ) |  | 5,300 |  |  | (152 | ) |  | (16,873 | )
Net (loss) income |  | (3,400 | ) |  | 10,742 |  |  | (909 | ) |  | (10,758 | )
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share (b): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Continuing operations |  | $ | .02 |  |  | $ | .02 |  |  | $ | .00 |  |  | $ | .01 |
Discontinued operations |  | (.03 | ) |  | .01 |  |  | .00 |  |  | (.04 | )
Net (loss) income |  | $ | (.01 | ) |  | $ | .03 |  |  | $ | .00 |  |  | $ | (.03 | )
(Wendy’s Restaurants)
|  | 2011 Quarter Ended
|  | April 3 (a) |  | July 3 (a) |  | October 2 (a) |  | January 1, 2012 (a)
Revenues |  | $ | 582,465 |  |  | $ | 622,459 |  |  | $ | 611,416 |  |  | $ | 615,018 |
Cost of sales |  | 438,871 |  |  | 464,798 |  |  | 458,000 |  |  | 454,440 |
Operating profit |  | 31,888 |  |  | 49,641 |  |  | 35,993 |  |  | 32,370 |
Income from continuing operations |  | 2,138 |  |  | 12,997 |  |  | 4,910 |  |  | 925 |
Loss from discontinued operations |  | (1,113 | ) |  | (108 | ) |  | (6,510 | ) |  | (306 | )
Net income (loss) |  | $ | 1,025 |  |  | $ | 12,889 |  |  | $ | (1,600 | ) |  | $ | 619 |
|  | 2010 Quarter Ended
|  | April 4 |  | July 4 |  | October 3 (d) |  | January 2, 2011 (d)
Revenues |  | $ | 584,714 |  |  | $ | 607,434 |  |  | $ | 600,708 |  |  | $ | 582,583 |
Cost of sales |  | 431,337 |  |  | 442,314 |  |  | 451,319 |  |  | 431,984 |
Operating profit |  | 39,582 |  |  | 61,372 |  |  | 22,381 |  |  | 37,022 |
Income from continuing operations |  | 8,151 |  |  | 4,075 |  |  | 509 |  |  | 7,063 |
(Loss) income from discontinued operations |  | (10,711 | ) |  | 5,300 |  |  | (152 | ) |  | (16,873 | )
Net (loss) income |  | $ | (2,560 | ) |  | $ | 9,375 |  |  | $ | 357 |  |  | $ | (9,810 | )
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(a) | The operating profit was materially affected by transaction related and other costs in each of the 2011 quarters and impairment of long-lived assets in the first and fourth quarters of 2011. The impact of transaction related and other costs on net income (loss) for the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2011 was $799, $2,933, $14,732 and $9,279, respectively, after income tax benefits of $480, $1,759, $8,839 and $5,656, respectively. The impact of the impairment of long-lived assets on net income for the first and fourth quarters of 2011 was $4,865 and $2,847, respectively, after income tax benefits of $3,032 and $1,774, respectively. In addition, The Wendy’s Company incurred transaction related and other costs in the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2011 of $379, $216, $167 and $9, respectively, net of income tax benefits of $226, $131, $101 and $5, respectively.
(b) | Basic and diluted income (loss) per share are being presented together since diluted income (loss) per share was the same as basic income (loss) per share for all periods presented. See Note 5 for additional information.
(c) | Net income for The Wendy’s Company was affected by income recognized in the second quarter of 2010 on the repayment and cancellation of the DFR Notes of $3,044, after income tax expense of $1,865.
(d) | The operating profit was materially affected by impairment of long-lived assets in the third and fourth quarters of 2010. The impact of the impairment of long-lived assets on net income (loss) for the third and fourth quarters of 2010 was $12,908 and $3,037, respectively, after income tax benefits of $8,013 and $1,886, respectively.

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