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(7) Pledged Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2012
Pledged Assets [Abstract] |
Summary of assets pledged as collateral for debt |
|  | Year End 2011
|  | Wendy’s Restaurants |  | Corporate |  | The Wendy’s Company
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 307,167 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 307,167 |
Accounts and notes receivable (including long-term) |  | 74,249 |  |  | — |  |  | 74,249 |
Inventories |  | 11,766 |  |  | — |  |  | 11,766 |
Properties |  | 315,696 |  |  | — |  |  | 315,696 |
Goodwill |  | 828,413 |  |  | — |  |  | 828,413 |
Other intangible assets |  | 1,203,930 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,203,930 |
Investments |  | 19,000 |  |  | — |  |  | 19,000 |
Other assets |  | 17,663 |  |  | 8,776 |  |  | 26,439 |
|  | $ | 2,777,884 |  |  | $ | 8,776 |  |  | $ | 2,786,660 |
|  | Year End 2010
|  | Wendy’s Restaurants |  | Corporate |  | The Wendy’s Company
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 172,921 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 172,921 |
Accounts and notes receivable (including long-term) |  | 92,336 |  |  | — |  |  | 92,336 |
Inventories |  | 21,558 |  |  | — |  |  | 21,558 |
Properties |  | 497,420 |  |  | 9,183 |  |  | 506,603 |
Goodwill |  | 841,156 |  |  | — |  |  | 841,156 |
Other intangible assets |  | 1,233,530 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,233,530 |
Other assets |  | 24,309 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 24,322 |
|  | $ | 2,883,230 |  |  | $ | 9,196 |  |  | $ | 2,892,426 |

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