Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2012

Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

At December 30, 2012 and January 1, 2012, substantially all of our goodwill was associated with our North America restaurants. Goodwill activity for 2012 and 2011 was as follows:

	Year End
	2012		2011
Balance at beginning of year	$	870,431	$	883,644
Arby’s disposition, net of accumulated impairment losses of $482,075	—		(17,617		)
Restaurant acquisitions and dispositions, net	4,567		5,626
Currency translation adjustment	1,203		(1,222		)
Balance at end of year	$	876,201	$	870,431

Schedule Of Finite Lived And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the components of other intangible assets:

	Year End 2012							Year End 2011
	Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Net		Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Indefinite-lived:
Trademarks	$	903,000	$	—		$	903,000	$	903,000	$	—		$	903,000
Definite-lived:
Franchise agreements	353,778		(71,795		)	281,983		353,262		(54,853		)	298,409
Favorable leases	103,914		(30,369		)	73,545		108,304		(24,961		)	83,343
Reacquired rights under      franchise agreements	23,065		(779		)	22,286		1,215		(1		)	1,214
Computer software	45,005		(24,282		)	20,723		36,817		(18,495		)	18,322
	$	1,428,762	$	(127,225	)	$	1,301,537	$	1,402,598	$	(98,310	)	$	1,304,288

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Aggregate amortization expense:
Actual for fiscal year (a):
2010	$	36,662
2011	33,181
2012	32,713
Estimate for fiscal year:
2013	$	31,385
2014	30,872
2015	28,560
2016	26,487
2017	25,400
Thereafter	255,833

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(a) Includes $1,757, $2,763, and $5,125 of impairment charges related to other intangible assets in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.