Little Sheep Impairment	9 Months Ended
Sep. 06, 2014
Little Sheep Impairment [Abstract]
Little Sheep Impairment [Text Block]	Little Sheep Impairment As a result of sustained declines in sales and profits in our Little Sheep business, coupled with the anticipated time it would take for the business to recover,we made the determination during the quarter ended September 7, 2013 that it was not more likely than not that the Little Sheep trademark and reporting unit fair values were in excess of their carrying values. Therefore, our Little Sheep trademark and goodwill were tested for impairment in the quarter ended September 7, 2013, prior to the annual impairment reviews performed in the fourth quarter of each year in accordance with our accounting policy. As a result of this impairment testing, non-cash impairment charges of $295 million were recorded in Closures and impairment (income) expense on our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the quarter ended September 7, 2013. We also recorded an $18 million tax benefit associated with these impairments and allocated $19 million of the net impairment charges to Net Income (loss) - noncontrolling interests, which resulted in a net impairment charge of $258 million allocated to Net Income - YUM! Brands, Inc. See our 2013 Form 10-K for further details.

Little Sheep Impairment

As a result of sustained declines in sales and profits in our Little Sheep business, coupled with the anticipated time it would take for the business to recover,we made the determination during the quarter ended September 7, 2013 that it was not more likely than not that the Little Sheep trademark and reporting unit fair values were in excess of their carrying values. Therefore, our Little Sheep trademark and goodwill were tested for impairment in the quarter ended September 7, 2013, prior to the annual impairment reviews performed in the fourth quarter of each year in accordance with our accounting policy.

As a result of this impairment testing, non-cash impairment charges of $295 million were recorded in Closures and impairment (income) expense on our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the quarter ended September 7, 2013. We also recorded an $18 million tax benefit associated with these impairments and allocated $19 million of the net impairment charges to Net Income (loss) - noncontrolling interests, which resulted in a net impairment charge of $258 million allocated to Net Income - YUM! Brands, Inc. See our 2013 Form 10-K for further details.