UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
       Pursuant To Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 3, 2006

                             TRIARC COMPANIES, INC.
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              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


   DELAWARE                       1-2207                     38-0471180
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   (State or Other                (Commission                (I.R.S. Employer
    Jurisdiction of                File Number)              Identification No.)
    Incorporation)

    280 Park Avenue
    New York, NY                                             10017
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    (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

    Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (212)  451-3000

                                    N/A
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    (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 2.02.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition

     On April 3, 2006,  Triarc  Companies,  Inc. (the "Company")  issued a press
release  announcing its results for the fiscal quarter and year ended January 1,
2006.  A copy of the press  release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K.

     The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit
furnished pursuant to Item 9.01, shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the
liabilities under that Section. Furthermore, the information in this Current
Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit furnished pursuant to Item 9.01, shall
not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company
under the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)           Exhibits

99.1          Press release of Triarc Companies, Inc. dated April 3, 2006.

                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       TRIARC COMPANIES, INC.


                                       By:  /s/STUART I. ROSEN
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                                           Stuart I. Rosen
                                           Senior Vice President and
                                           Associate General Counsel

Dated:   April 3, 2006





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit              Description
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99.1           Press release of Triarc Companies, Inc. dated April 3, 2006