Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended															3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 LJS and AW	Dec. 28, 2013 U.S.	Dec. 31, 2011 U.S. state [Member] LJS and AW	Dec. 28, 2013 Current Year Operations	Dec. 29, 2012 Current Year Operations	Dec. 31, 2011 Current Year Operations	Dec. 31, 2011 Current Year Operations LJS and AW	Dec. 31, 2011 Current Year Operations U.S. state [Member] LJS and AW	Dec. 28, 2013 Changes in Judgement	Dec. 29, 2012 Changes in Judgement	Dec. 31, 2011 Changes in Judgement	Mar. 24, 2012 Little Sheep Group Limited [Member]	Dec. 28, 2013 Little Sheep Group Limited [Member]	Dec. 29, 2012 Little Sheep Group Limited [Member]	Dec. 28, 2013 Non-recurring basis Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Little Sheep Group Limited [Member]		Dec. 29, 2012 Non-recurring basis Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Little Sheep Group Limited [Member]		Dec. 29, 2012 Non-recurring basis Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Little Sheep Group Limited [Member] Significant Reconciling Items [Member]
U.S. and foreign income before income taxes [Abstract]
U.S.	$ 464	$ 504		$ 266
Foreign	1,087	1,641		1,393
Income Before Income Taxes	1,551	2,145		1,659
Details of income tax provision (benefit) [Abstract]
Current: Federal	159	160		78
Current: Foreign	330	314		374
Current: State	22	35		9
Total current income tax provision (benefit)	511	509		461
Deferred: Federal	42	91		(83)
Deferred: Foreign	(53)	(57)		(40)
Deferred: State	(13)	(6)		(14)
Total deferred income tax provision (benefit)	(24)	28		(137)
Effective income tax rate	487	537		324
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations, Income Tax Reconciliation [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory rate	543	751		580
State income tax, net of federal tax benefit	3	4		2
Statutory rate differential attributable to foreign operations	(177)	(165)		(218)
Adjustments to reserves and prior years	49	(47)		24
Net benefit from LJS and A&W divestitures	0	0		72
Change in valuation allowance	23	14		22
Other, net	46	(20)		(14)
Effective income tax rate	487	537		324
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)	0.20%	0.20%		0.10%
Statutory rate differential attributable to foreign operations (in hundredths)	(11.40%)	(7.70%)		(13.10%)
Adjustments to reserves and prior years (in hundredths)	3.10%	(2.20%)		1.40%
Net tax benefit from LJS and A&W divestitures (in hundreths)	0.00%	0.00%		(4.30%)
Change in valuation allowance (in hundredths)	1.50%	0.60%		1.30%
Other, net (in hundredths)	3.00%	(0.90%)		(0.90%)
Effective income tax rate (in hundredths)	31.40%	25.00%		19.50%
Changes in valuation allowance [Roll Forward]
Valuation Allowance, Change in Amount								32	16	15	45	(4)	(9)	(2)	7
Goodwill impairment loss	222					0											222
Income Tax And Effective Tax Rate [Abstract]
Tax benefit recognized on business divestitures					(117)		(8)
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)
Gain upon acquisition of Little Sheep	0	74	[1]	0												74		74	0	[2]	74	[2]	74
Income tax expense (benefit) related to business combination, step acquisition, equity interest in acquiree, remeasurement gain																		$ 0

[1] See Note 4 for further details on the acquisition of Little Sheep.

[2] See the Little Sheep Acquisition and Subsequent Impairment section of Note 4 for further discussion.