Other (Income) Expense (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 07, 2013	Sep. 08, 2012	Sep. 07, 2013	Sep. 08, 2012		Mar. 24, 2012 Little Sheep Group Limited	Sep. 08, 2012 Little Sheep Group Limited		Sep. 08, 2012 Little Sheep Group Limited China
Other Income and Expenses [Line Items]
Equity (income) loss from investments in unconsolidated affiliates	$ (13)	$ (16)	$ (17)	$ (38)
Gain upon acquisition of Little Sheep	0	0	0	74		74	74	[1]
Foreign exchange net (gain) loss and other	6	5	11	15	[2]
Other (income) expense	(7)	(11)	(6)	(97)
Acquisition-related deal costs									$ 6

[1] See the Little Sheep Acquisition and Impairment section as well as the Refranchising (Gain) Loss section of Note 4 for further discussion. (b)Refranchising related impairment results from writing down the assets of restaurants or restaurant groups offered for refranchising, including certain instances where a decision has been made to refranchise restaurants that are deemed to be impaired. The fair value measurements used in our impairment evaluations were based on estimates of the sales prices we anticipated receiving from a buyer for the restaurant or restaurant groups (Level 3) or actual bids received from potential buyers (Level 2).

[2] The year to date ended September 8, 2012 includes $6 million of deal costs related to the acquisition of Little Sheep that were allocated to the China Division for performance reporting purposes.