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(10) Debt and Equity (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 01, 2012
Summary of Stockholders' Equity |
| Three Months Ended
| April 1, 2012 |  | April 3, 2011
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 1,996,069 |  |  | $ | 2,163,174 |
Comprehensive income | 16,875 |  |  | 6,194 |
Share-based compensation | 2,597 |  |  | 3,241 |
Exercises of stock options | 654 |  |  | 2,838 |
Dividends paid | (7,795 | ) |  | (8,374 | )
Other | (1,059 | ) |  | 40 |
Balance, end of the period | $ | 2,007,341 |  |  | $ | 2,167,113 |
Wendy's Restaurants, LLC [Member] |
Schedule of Invested Equity |
| Three Months Ended
| April 1, 2012 |  | April 3, 2011
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 1,799,664 |  |  | $ | 1,776,630 |
Comprehensive income | 4,015 |  |  | 8,619 |
Share-based compensation | 2,356 |  |  | 2,999 |
Balance, end of the period | $ | 1,806,035 |  |  | $ | 1,788,248 |

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