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): May 12, 2005

                            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 May 12, 2005,  Triarc  Companies,  Inc. (the  "Company")  issued a press
release  announcing  its results for the fiscal  quarter  ended April 3, 2005. A
copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K.

     The information in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K,  including
the exhibit  furnished  pursuant to Item 2.02,  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
Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K,  including the exhibit  furnished
pursuant to Item 2.02,  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

(c) Exhibits

99.1     Press release of Triarc Companies, Inc. dated May 12, 2005.

                                    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:   May 12, 2005





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                        Description

99.1     Press release of Triarc Companies, Inc. dated May 12, 2005.