Fair Value Measurements (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended										3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended							3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 07, 2013	Sep. 08, 2012	Sep. 07, 2013	Sep. 08, 2012	Dec. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 07, 2013 Level 2	Sep. 07, 2013 Nonrecurring basis	Sep. 08, 2012 Nonrecurring basis	Sep. 07, 2013 Nonrecurring basis	Sep. 08, 2012 Nonrecurring basis	Sep. 07, 2013 Recurring basis	Dec. 29, 2012 Recurring basis	Sep. 07, 2013 Recurring basis Level 1	Dec. 29, 2012 Recurring basis Level 1	Sep. 07, 2013 Recurring basis Level 2 Foreign Currency Forwards	Dec. 29, 2012 Recurring basis Level 2 Foreign Currency Forwards	Sep. 07, 2013 Recurring basis Level 2 Interest Rate Swaps	Dec. 29, 2012 Recurring basis Level 2 Interest Rate Swaps	Sep. 07, 2013 Unallocated Amount to Segment		Sep. 08, 2012 Unallocated Amount to Segment		Sep. 07, 2013 Unallocated Amount to Segment		Sep. 08, 2012 Unallocated Amount to Segment		Sep. 07, 2013 Unallocated Amount to Segment Nonrecurring basis Level 3	Sep. 08, 2012 Unallocated Amount to Segment Nonrecurring basis Level 3	Sep. 07, 2013 Unallocated Amount to Segment Nonrecurring basis Level 3	Sep. 08, 2012 Unallocated Amount to Segment Nonrecurring basis Level 3	Sep. 07, 2013 U.S.		Sep. 08, 2012 U.S.	Sep. 07, 2013 U.S.		Sep. 08, 2012 U.S.		Sep. 07, 2013 PH UK Unallocated Amount to Segment Nonrecurring basis Level 2	Sep. 08, 2012 PH UK Unallocated Amount to Segment Nonrecurring basis Level 2		Mar. 24, 2012 Little Sheep Group Limited	Sep. 08, 2012 Little Sheep Group Limited		Sep. 07, 2013 Little Sheep Group Limited Unallocated Amount to Segment Nonrecurring basis Level 3	Sep. 08, 2012 Little Sheep Group Limited Unallocated Amount to Segment Nonrecurring basis Level 3	Sep. 07, 2013 Little Sheep Group Limited Unallocated Amount to Segment Nonrecurring basis Level 3	Sep. 08, 2012 Little Sheep Group Limited Unallocated Amount to Segment Nonrecurring basis Level 3	Sep. 07, 2013 Closures and impairment (income) expenses Nonrecurring basis Level 3	Sep. 08, 2012 Closures and impairment (income) expenses Nonrecurring basis Level 3	Sep. 07, 2013 Other (income) expense Little Sheep Group Limited Nonrecurring basis Level 2	Sep. 08, 2012 Other (income) expense Little Sheep Group Limited Nonrecurring basis Level 2
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt obligations, excluding capital leases, estimate of fair value							$ 3,100
Debt obligations, excluding capital leases, carrying amount	2,800		2,800
Derivative assets (liabilites), net	12	53	12	53	19	34										(7)	(5)	19	24
Other Investments														19	17
Total												31	36
Restaurant-level impairment (Level 3)																																																	5	6
Refranchising related impairment	(38)	(2)	(87)	(41)																(38)	[1],[2]	(2)	[1],[2]	(87)	[1],[2]	(41)	[1],[2]	0	(4)	0	(4)	(37)	[3]	1	(82)	[3]	(53)	[3]	0	(20)	[4]				(295)	0	(295)	0
Gain upon acquisition of Little Sheep	0	0	0	(74)																																						(74)	(74)	[4]							0	(74)	[4]
Total								295	4	300	(44)
Fair Value Assets or Liabilities, Level 1 to Level 2 Transfers, Amount												0
Fair Value, Assets or Liabilities, Level 2 to Level 1 Transfers, Amount												$ 0

[1] Includes U.S. refranchising gains of $37 million for the quarter ended September 7, 2013. Includes U.S. refranchising gains of $82 million and $53 million for the years to date ended September 7, 2013 and September 8, 2012, respectively, and losses of $24 million related to the planned refranchising of our Pizza Hut UK dine-in business for the year to date ended September 8, 2012. See the Refranchising (Gain)Loss section of Note 4.

[2] Amounts have not been allocated to any segment for performance reporting purposes.

[3] In the quarter ended September 7, 2013 and in the years to date ended September 7, 2013 and September 8, 2012, U.S. Refranchising (gain) loss primarily relates to gains on the sales of Taco Bell restaurants.

[4] 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).