EXHIBIT 23.3
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                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

         We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting a part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 for Triarc
Companies, Inc. of our report dated February 18, 2003, except for Note 16 as to
which the date is March 25, 2003, relating to the consolidated financial
statements of Encore Capital Group, Inc. as of and for the years ended December
31, 2002 and 2001 appearing in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Triarc
Companies, Inc.

/s/ BDO SEIDMAN, LLP
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Costa Mesa, California

December 3, 2003