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Financial Statement Presentation (Details)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 21, 2015
Months
weeks
operating_segments
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Number of Reporting Segments 5us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Number of weeks in each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year 12yum_FiscalPeriodWeeksStandard
Number of weeks in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year with 52 weeks 16yum_FiscalPeriodWeeksStandardFourthQuarter
Number of months in the first quarter for certain international subsidiaries that operate on monthly calendars 2yum_FiscalPeriodMonthsStandardFirstQuarter
Number of months in the second and third quarters for certain international subsidiaries that operate on monthly calendars 3yum_FiscalPeriodMonthsStandardSecondAndThirdQuarters
Number of months in the fourth quarter for certain international subsidiaries that operate on monthly calendars 4yum_FiscalPeriodMonthsStandardFourthQuarter
Number of periods or months in advance that certain of our international businesses close their books 1yum_NumberOfPeriodsOrMonthsInAdvanceThatCertainOfOurInternationalBusinessesCloseTheirBooks