Items Affecting Comparability of Net Income and Cash Flows (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Jun. 11, 2016 USD ($) restaurants	Jun. 13, 2015 USD ($)		Jun. 11, 2016 USD ($) restaurants	Jun. 13, 2015 USD ($)
Proceeds from refranchising of restaurants				$ 98	$ 29
Refranchising (gain) loss	$ (53)	$ 68		(60)	58
China Division [Member]
Refranchising (gain) loss	(1)	(2)		(4)	(4)
KFC Global Division [Member]
Refranchising (gain) loss	2	35	[1]	1	32	[1]
Pizza Hut Global Division [Member]
Refranchising (gain) loss	(54)	36	[1]	(56)	37	[1]
Taco Bell Global Division [Member]
Refranchising (gain) loss	0	(1)		$ (1)	(7)
MEXICO
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Foreign Currency Translation (Gains) Losses					68
MEXICO | KFC Global Division [Member]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Foreign Currency Translation (Gains) Losses					(36)
MEXICO | Pizza Hut Global Division [Member]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Foreign Currency Translation (Gains) Losses					$ (32)
UNITED STATES
Proceeds from refranchising of restaurants	89
Refranchising (gain) loss	$ (53)
Refranchising (gain) loss | UNITED STATES
Number of Restaurants | restaurants	93			93
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Refranchising (gain) loss		$ 5

[1] In 2010 we refranchised our then-remaining Company-operated restaurants in Mexico. To the extent we owned real estate related to these restaurants, we did not sell the real estate, but instead leased it to the franchisee. During the quarter ended June 13, 2015 we initiated plans to sell this real estate and determined it was held for sale in accordance with GAAP. The sales price we expected to receive for this real estate exceeded its book value. However, the sale of the real estate represented a substantial liquidation of our Mexican operations under GAAP. Accordingly, we were required to include accumulated translation losses associated with our Mexican business within our held for sale impairment evaluations. As such, we recorded a $68 million non-cash charge to Refranchising loss, consisting of losses of $36 million and $32 million related to KFC and Pizza Hut, respectively. The loss was not allocated to any segment for performance reporting. This loss represents the excess of the sum of the book value of the real estate and related assets, an insignificant amount of goodwill and our accumulated translation losses over the expected sales price. We subsequently sold this real estate in 2015.Additionally, during the quarter ended June 13, 2015, we recognized a charge within Refranchising (gain) loss of $5 million associated with the planned refranchising of our Company-owned Pizza Hut restaurants in Korea.