Reportable Operating Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		8 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
		Sep. 03, 2016	Sep. 05, 2015	Sep. 03, 2016	Sep. 05, 2015	Dec. 26, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Revenues		$ 3,316	$ 3,427	$ 8,943	$ 9,154
Operating Profit		654	603	1,709	1,480
Interest expense, net		(87)	(32)	(164)	(99)
Income Before Income Taxes		567	571	1,545	1,381
Equity income from investments in unconsolidated affiliates		18	15	44	31
China Division [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Revenues		1,883	1,969	4,774	4,861
Operating Profit	[1]	348	327	751	661
Equity income from investments in unconsolidated affiliates		18	15	44	31
KFC Global Division [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Revenues		723	721	2,060	2,109
Operating Profit		160	144	469	459
Pizza Hut Global Division [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Revenues		230	264	741	802
Operating Profit		61	65	212	206
Taco Bell Global Division [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Revenues		481	473	1,370	1,382
Operating Profit		143	132	401	386
Unallocated and Corporate General and administrative expenses [Domain]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	[2]	(80)	(53)	(213)	(153)
Unallocated Other income (expense)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit		(3)	(10)	4	(19)
Unallocated Refranchising gain (loss)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	[3]	25	(2)	85	(60)
Unallocated [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Revenues		(1)	0	(2)	0
Franchise and license expenses [Member] | Unallocated and Corporate General and administrative expenses [Domain]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Costs associated with KFC U.S. Acceleration Agreement		1	$ 21	17	$ 31	$ 72
General and Administrative Expense [Member] | China Division [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Costs Associated with strategic initiatives		10		29
General and Administrative Expense [Member] | Unallocated [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Costs Associated with strategic initiatives		$ 26		$ 32

[1] Includes equity income from investments in unconsolidated affiliates of $18 million and $15 million for the quarters ended September 3, 2016 and September 5, 2015, respectively. Includes equity income from investments in unconsolidated affiliates of $44 million and $31 million for the years to date ended September 3, 2016 and September 5, 2015, respectively.

[2] Primarily Corporate G&A expenses for the quarters ended September 3, 2016 and September 5, 2015. Amounts also include costs associated with the KFC U.S. Acceleration Agreement of $21 million for the quarter ended September 5, 2015 and $17 million and $31 million for the years to date ended September 3, 2016 and September 5, 2015, respectively. Also included are $10 million and $29 million for the quarter and year to date ended September 3, 2016, respectively, related to the planned spin-off of the China business and YUM recapitalization, and $26 million for the quarter and $32 million for the year to date ended September 3, 2016, respectively, associated with YUM's Strategic Transformation Initiatives. See Note 4.

[3] See the Refranchising (Gain) Loss section of Note 4.