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                              UNITED STATES
                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, DC 20549
  
                                FORM 144
  
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either
             placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale
             directly with a market maker.
  
  <TABLE>
  <S>                                          <C>                <C>
  1(a) Name of Issuer (please type or print)  (b) IRS Ident. No.  (c) S.E.C. File No.
  Triarc Companies, Inc.                          38-0471180            1-2207
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  1(d) Address of Issuer  Street     City       State   Zip Code  (e) Telephone No.
                                                                  AREA CODE  NUMBER
        280 Park Avenue             New York    NY      10017       (212)  451-3000
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  2(a) Name of Person for     (b) IRS       (c) Relationship
       Whose Account the          Ident.        to
       Securities are to          No.           Issuer
       Be Sold
       Joseph A. Levato       ###-##-####       Director
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  2(d) Address Street       City         State     Zip
   4 Sutton Court          Mendham        NJ      07945
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  </TABLE>
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  CUSIP NUMBER
  
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  WORK LOCATION
  
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  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
  the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  
  
  3(a) Title of      (b) Name and         SEC USE ONLY       (c) Number
      the Class of       Address of       Broker-Dealer          of Shares
      Securities         Each Broker      File Number            or Other
      To be Sold         Through Whom                            Units to
                         the Securities                          be Sold
                         are to be                               (See Instr. (c))
                         Offered or
                         Each Market
                         Maker who is
                         Acquiring the
                         Securities
  
  <TABLE>
  Class A                Merril Lynch                                   15,000
  Common Stock           P.O. Box 904
                         Morristown, NJ
                         07963-0904
  -----------------     -------------------     ------------------    ---------------------
  <S>                   <C>                     <C>                   <C>
  3(d) Aggregate         (e) Number of          (f) Approximate       (g) Name of
       Market Value          Shares or              Date of Sale          Each
       (See Instr. 3(d))     Other Units            (See Instr. 3(f))     Securities
                             Outstanding            (Mo. Day Yr.)         Exchange
                             (See Instr. 3(e))                            (See Instr. 3(g))
  $373,000                   20,010,743             09-20-00              New York
                                                                          Stock Exchange
  ------------------    -------------------     ------------------   --------------
  </TABLE>
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. (a) Name of Issuer
     (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
     (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
     (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
     (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
     (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
     (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
         stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
     (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
     (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
         to be sold
     (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
         aggregate face amount)
     (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified
         date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
     (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
         securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
         recent report or statement published by the issuer
     (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
     (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
         intended to be sold
  
  POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
  IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
  VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
  
  
  
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  TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
  securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
  purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  Title of     Date you           Nature of Acquisition       Name of Person
  the Class    Acquired           Transaction                 From Whom Acquired
                                                              (If gift, also give date
                                                              donor acquired)
  
  Class A      April 24, 1993     Restricted Stock Award     Triarc Companies, Inc.
  Common
  Stock
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  <S>          <C>                <C>                        <C>
  Amount of    Date of            Nature of Payment
  Securities   Payment
  Acquired
  
  25,000       April 24, 1993    Represented stock award
                                 with restrictions, Restrictions
                                 terminated January 16, 1996
  --------     --------------    ------------------------------
  </TABLE>
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1. If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made
  in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
  nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note
  or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the
  arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full
  or the last installment paid.
  
  2. If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for
  whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other option
  to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish
  full information with respect thereto.
  
  TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold
  during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold.
  
  Name and Address            Title of     Date   Amount of    Gross
  Of Seller                   Securities   of     Securities   Proceeds
                              Sold         Sale   Sold
  
  ------------------------    ----------   -----  ----------  ---------
  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
  information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
  by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  
  The person for whose account the Securities to which this notice
  relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice
  that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the
  current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be
  sold which has not been publicly disclosed.
  
    September 20, 2000                   /s/ Joseph A. Levato
  -----------------------------    -------------------------------------
       Date of Notice                        Signature
  
   The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
       to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
       Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
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    ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal
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text: UNITED STATES
                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, DC 20549
  
                                FORM 144
  
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either
             placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale
             directly with a market maker.
  1(a) Name of Issuer (please type or print)  (b) IRS Ident. No.  (c) S.E.C. File No.
  Triarc Companies, Inc.                          38-0471180            1-2207
  -----------------------------------------   -----------------   ------------------
  1(d) Address of Issuer  Street     City       State   Zip Code  (e) Telephone No.
                                                                  AREA CODE  NUMBER
        280 Park Avenue             New York    NY      10017       (212)  451-3000
    ------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------
  2(a) Name of Person for     (b) IRS       (c) Relationship
       Whose Account the          Ident.        to
       Securities are to          No.           Issuer
       Be Sold
       Joseph A. Levato       ###-##-####       Director
    ------------------------  -----------   ----------------
  
  2(d) Address Street       City         State     Zip
   4 Sutton Court          Mendham        NJ      07945
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           OMB APPROVAL
  ------------------------------
  OMB Number:          3235-0101
  Expires:       August 31, 2000
  Estimated average burden
  hours per response........2.0
  ------------------------------
  ------------------------------
            SEC USE ONLY
  ------------------------------
  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
  
  ------------------------------
  CUSIP NUMBER
  
  ------------------------------
  WORK LOCATION
  
  ------------------------------
  
  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
  the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  
  3(a) Title of      (b) Name and         SEC USE ONLY       (c) Number
      the Class of       Address of       Broker-Dealer          of Shares
      Securities         Each Broker      File Number            or Other
      To be Sold         Through Whom                            Units to
                         the Securities                          be Sold
                         are to be                               (See Instr. (c))
                         Offered or
                         Each Market
                         Maker who is
                         Acquiring the
                         Securities
  
  Class A                Merril Lynch                                   15,000
  Common Stock           P.O. Box 904
                         Morristown, NJ
                         07963-0904
  -----------------     -------------------     ------------------    ---------------------
  3(d) Aggregate         (e) Number of          (f) Approximate       (g) Name of
       Market Value          Shares or              Date of Sale          Each
       (See Instr. 3(d))     Other Units            (See Instr. 3(f))     Securities
                             Outstanding            (Mo. Day Yr.)         Exchange
                             (See Instr. 3(e))                            (See Instr. 3(g))
  $373,000                   20,010,743             09-20-00              New York
                                                                          Stock Exchange
  ------------------    -------------------     ------------------   --------------
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. (a) Name of Issuer
     (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
     (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
     (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
     (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
     (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
     (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
         stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
     (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
     (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
         to be sold
     (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
         aggregate face amount)
     (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified
         date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
     (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
         securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
         recent report or statement published by the issuer
     (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
     (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
         intended to be sold
  
  POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
  IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
  VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
  TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
  securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
  purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Title of     Date you           Nature of Acquisition       Name of Person
  the Class    Acquired           Transaction                 From Whom Acquired
                                                              (If gift, also give date
                                                              donor acquired)
  
  Class A      April 24, 1993     Restricted Stock Award     Triarc Companies, Inc.
  Common
  Stock
  -------      --------------    ------------------------    ---------------------------
  Amount of    Date of            Nature of Payment
  Securities   Payment
  Acquired
  
  25,000       April 24, 1993    Represented stock award
                                 with restrictions, Restrictions
                                 terminated January 16, 1996
  --------     --------------    ------------------------------
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1. If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made
  in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
  nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note
  or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the
  arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full
  or the last installment paid.
  
  2. If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for
  whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other option
  to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish
  full information with respect thereto.
  
  TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold
  during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold.
  
  Name and Address            Title of     Date   Amount of    Gross
  Of Seller                   Securities   of     Securities   Proceeds
                              Sold         Sale   Sold
  
  ------------------------    ----------   -----  ----------  ---------
  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
  information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
  by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  
  The person for whose account the Securities to which this notice
  relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice
  that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the
  current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be
  sold which has not been publicly disclosed.
  
    September 20, 2000                   /s/ Joseph A. Levato
  -----------------------------    -------------------------------------
       Date of Notice                        Signature
  
   The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
       to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
       Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
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    ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal
                    Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------