Jobs lost and moved at Wendy's headquarters

About 14 Wendy's headquarters employees will lose their jobs early next year and 120 positions at the Dublin headquarters will move to Atlanta in phases during 2009. In addition, about 45 field-organization jobs will be eliminated.

In September, Triarc Cos. Inc. which already owned Arby's, purchased Wendy's for $2.3 billion. The merged company, known as Wendy's/Arby's Group, is based in Atlanta.

"Since the completion of the merger, Wendy's employees have known a number of shared services positions would be moved to Atlanta,"said Wendy's spokesman Bob Bertini.

The goal is to reduce costs through more efficient operations, he said, adding some of the positions that will move to Atlanta include corporate accounting and finance.