Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011		Dec. 25, 2010		Dec. 26, 2009
U.S. and foreign income before income taxes [Abstract]
U.S.	$ 266		$ 345		$ 269
Foreign	1,393		1,249		1,127
Income Before Income Taxes	1,659	[1],[2],[3],[4]	1,594	[1],[3],[4]	1,396	[1],[2],[3],[5]
Details of income tax provision (benefit) [Abstract]
Current: Federal	78		155		(21)
Current: Foreign	374		356		251
Current: State	9		15		11
Total current income tax provision (benefit)	461		526		241
Deferred: Federal	(83)		(82)		92
Deferred: Foreign	(40)		(29)		(30)
Deferred: State	(14)		1		10
Total deferred income tax provision (benefit)	(137)		(110)		72
Total income tax provision (benefit)	324		416		313
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations, Income Tax Reconciliation [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory tax	580		558		489
State income tax, net of federal tax benefit	2		12		14
Statutory rate differential attributable to foreign operations	(218)		(235)		(159)
Adjustments to reserves and prior years	24		55		(9)
Net tax benefit from LJS and A&W divestitures	(72)		0		0
Change in valuation allowance	22		22		(9)
Other, net	(14)		4		(13)
Total income tax provision (benefit)	324		416		313
Effective income tax rate reconciliation [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory rate (in hundredths)	35.00%		35.00%		35.00%
State income tax, net of federal tax benefit (in hundredths)	0.10%		0.70%		1.00%
Statutory rate differential attributable to foreign operations (in hundredths)	(13.10%)		(14.70%)		(11.40%)
Adjustments to reserves and prior years (in hundredths)	1.40%		3.50%		(0.60%)
Net tax benefit from LJS and A&W divestitures (in hundreths)	(4.30%)		0.00%		0.00%
Change in valuation allowance (in hundredths)	1.30%		1.40%		(0.70%)
Other, net (in hundredths)	(0.90%)		0.20%		(0.90%)
Effective income tax rate (in hundredths)	19.50%		26.10%		22.40%
Change in adjustments to reserves and prior years, impact on effective tax rate (in hundredths)					(1.60%)
Income Tax And Effective Tax Rate [Abstract]
Gain on consolidation of a former unconsolidated affiliate in China	0		0		(68)	[6]
Affiliate in Shanghai, China [Member]
Income Tax And Effective Tax Rate [Abstract]
Gain on consolidation of a former unconsolidated affiliate in China					(68)
Income tax expense (benefit) related to consolidation of a former unconsolidated affiliate					0
LJS and AW
Income Tax And Effective Tax Rate [Abstract]
Tax benefit recognized on business divestitures	(117)
Tax benefit on net pre-tax losses and other costs related to business divestitures	(32)
Pre-tax losses recognized on business divestitures	86
Net tax benefit on business divestitures, including benefit on pre-tax losses and valuation allowance related to capital losses	(104)
U.S. | LJS and AW
Income Tax And Effective Tax Rate [Abstract]
Goodwill impairment loss					26
Income tax expense (benefit) related to goodwill impairment					0
U.S. state [Member] | LJS and AW
Income Tax And Effective Tax Rate [Abstract]
Tax benefit recognized on business divestitures	(8)
Current Year Operations
Changes in valuation allowance [Roll Forward]
Valuation Allowance, Change in Amount	15		25		16
Current Year Operations | LJS and AW
Changes in valuation allowance [Roll Forward]
Valuation Allowance, Change in Amount	45
Current Year Operations | U.S. state [Member] | LJS and AW
Changes in valuation allowance [Roll Forward]
Valuation Allowance, Change in Amount	4
Changes in Judgement
Changes in valuation allowance [Roll Forward]
Valuation Allowance, Change in Amount	$ 7		$ (3)		$ (25)

[1] 2011, 2010 and 2009 include approximately $21 million, $9 million and $16 million, respectively, of charges relating to U.S. general and administrative productivity initiatives and realignment of resources. See Note 4.

[2] 2011 represents net losses resulting from the LJS and A&W divestitures. 2009 includes a $26 million charge to write-off goodwill associated with our LJS and A&W businesses in the U.S. See Note 9.

[3] Includes equity income from investments in unconsolidated affiliates of $47 million, $42 million and $36 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively, for China.

[4] 2011 and 2010 include depreciation reductions arising from the impairment of KFC restaurants we offered to sell of $10 million and $9 million, respectively. 2011 includes a depreciation reduction arising from the impairment of Pizza Hut UK restaurants we decided to sell in 2011 of $3 million. See Note 4.

[5] 2009 includes a $68 million gain related to the acquisition of additional interest in and consolidation of a former unconsolidated affiliate in China. See Note 4.

[6] See Note 4 for further discussion of the consolidation of a former unconsolidated affiliate in Shanghai, China.