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(11) Accrued Expenses | 12 Months Ended
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Accrued Expenses [Abstract] |
Accrued Expenses | Accrued Expenses
|  | Year End 2011
|  | Wendy’s Restaurants |  | Corporate |  | The Wendy’s Company
Accrued compensation and related benefits |  | $ | 67,520 |  |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | 67,560 |
Insurance reserves |  | 45,243 |  |  | — |  |  | 45,243 |
Accrued taxes |  | 39,884 |  |  | (2,844 | ) |  | 37,040 |
Accrued interest |  | 29,905 |  |  | 53 |  |  | 29,958 |
Other |  | 29,598 |  |  | 1,299 |  |  | 30,897 |
|  | $ | 212,150 |  |  | $ | (1,452 | ) |  | $ | 210,698 |
|  | Year End 2010
|  | Wendy’s Restaurants |  | Corporate |  | The Wendy’s Company
Accrued compensation and related benefits |  | $ | 83,036 |  |  | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | 83,147 |
Insurance reserves |  | 58,811 |  |  | — |  |  | 58,811 |
Accrued taxes |  | 38,081 |  |  | (1,192 | ) |  | 36,889 |
Accrued interest |  | 29,901 |  |  | 62 |  |  | 29,963 |
Other |  | 34,471 |  |  | 1,876 |  |  | 36,347 |
|  | $ | 244,300 |  |  | $ | 857 |  |  | $ | 245,157 |

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