The Wendy's Company (WEN) 8-K Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results

Wendy's - Restaurant Information
		1Q09			2Q09			3Q09			4Q09	(a)		2009	(a)		1Q10			2Q10			3Q10
Same-Store Sales - North America
Company-owned		0.3	%		-1.2	%		-1.4	%		-4.1	%		-1.7	%		0.2	%		-2.9	%		-3.1	%
Franchised		1.2	%		-0.1	%		0.4	%		-2.6	%		-0.3	%		1.0	%		-1.4	%		-1.3	%
Systemwide		1.0	%		-0.4	%		-0.1	%		-3.0	%		-0.7	%		0.8	%		-1.7	%		-1.7	%
Restaurant Count
Company-owned		1,399			1,395			1,395			1,391			1,391			1,390			1,391			1,391
Franchised		5,224			5,213			5,213			5,150			5,150			5,150			5,155			5,163
Systemwide		6,623			6,608			6,608			6,541			6,541			6,540			6,546			6,554
Sales Detail (in millions)
Wendy's restaurant sales	$	482.6		$	514.7		$	514.1		$	523.8		$	2,035.2		$	489.0		$	506.2		$	500.3
Bakery and kids' meal promotion items to franchisees	$	24.4		$	24.4		$	22.8		$	27.4		$	99.0		$	23.7		$	26.2		$	24.8
Total Wendy's sales	$	507.0		$	539.1		$	536.9		$	551.2		$	2,134.2		$	512.7		$	532.4		$	525.1
Cost of Sales (% of Sales)
Food and paper		33.6	%		31.8	%		31.6	%		31.6	%		32.2	%		31.2	%		31.8	%		33.2	%
Restaurant labor		30.8	%		30.2	%		29.5	%		30.5	%		30.2	%		30.3	%		29.3	%		29.6	%
Occupancy, advertising and other operating costs		24.5	%		22.1	%		24.4	%		22.0	%		22.7	%		23.1	%		22.5	%		23.8	%
Company Restaurant Margin %		11.1	%		15.9	%		16.5	%		15.9	%		14.9	%		15.4	%		16.4	%		13.4	%
Company Restaurant Margin $	$	53.7		$	82.1		$	84.6		$	83.3		$	303.7		$	75.1		$	83.2		$	67.1
Arby's - Restaurant Information
		1Q09			2Q09			3Q09			4Q09	(a)		2009	(a)		1Q10			2Q10			3Q10
Same-Store Sales - North America
Company-owned		-8.0	%		-5.8	%		-6.5	%		-12.6	%		-8.2	%		-11.6	%		-8.8	%		-9.5	%
Franchised		-9.1	%		-7.4	%		-10.2	%		-10.2	%		-9.0	%		-11.4	%		-6.7	%		-4.1	%
Systemwide		-8.7	%		-6.9	%		-9.0	%		-11.0	%		-8.8	%		-11.5	%		-7.4	%		-5.9	%
Restaurant Count
Company-owned		1,171			1,170			1,165			1,169			1,169			1,155			1,152			1,146
Franchised		2,570			2,575			2,574			2,549			2,549			2,544			2,533			2,516
		3,741			3,745			3,739			3,718			3,718			3,699			3,685			3,662
Sales Detail (in millions)
Arby's Restaurant Sales	$	266.2		$	277.1		$	269.2		$	251.6		$	1,064.1		$	235.5		$	250.3		$	240.9
Cost of Sales (% of Sales)
Food and paper		27.0	%		27.0	%		29.3	%		26.0	%		27.3	%		26.6	%		26.8	%		27.8	%
Restaurant labor		31.9	%		30.6	%		31.3	%		31.3	%		31.3	%		34.1	%		32.8	%		33.3	%
Occupancy, advertising and other operating costs		26.9	%		27.5	%		27.3	%		28.5	%		27.5	%		28.5	%		27.0	%		28.5	%
Company Restaurant Margin %		14.2	%		14.9	%		12.1	%		14.2	%		13.9	%		10.8	%		13.4	%		10.4	%
Company Restaurant Margin $	$	37.9		$	41.3		$	32.6		$	35.9		$	147.7		$	25.4		$	33.5		$	25.1
(a) 2009 fiscal year included a 53rd week; therefore, 4Q09 had 14 weeks.