Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets Schedule of Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2012		Jan. 01, 2012		Jan. 02, 2011		Dec. 30, 2012 Trademarks [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Trademarks [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Franchise Rights [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Franchise Rights [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Leases, Acquired-in-Place, Market Adjustment [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Leases, Acquired-in-Place, Market Adjustment [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Reacquired rights under franchise agreements [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Reacquired rights under franchise agreements [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Computer Software, Intangible Asset [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Computer Software, Intangible Asset [Member]	Jul. 31, 2011 Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)	$ 1,757		$ 2,763		$ 5,125
Goodwill, Impaired, Accumulated Impairment Loss																	482,075
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning Goodwill	870,431		883,644
Goodwill, Written off Related to Sale of Business Unit	0		(17,617)
Goodwill, Period Increase (Decrease)	4,567		5,626
Goodwill, Translation Adjustments	1,203		(1,222)
Ending Goodwill	876,201		870,431		883,644
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill)							903,000	903,000
Accumulated Amortization, Indefinite Lived Assets							0	0
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross									353,778	353,262	103,914	108,304	23,065	1,215	45,005	36,817
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	(127,225)		(98,310)						(71,795)	(54,853)	(30,369)	(24,961)	(779)	(1)	(24,282)	(18,495)
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill)	1,301,537		1,304,288
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net									281,983	298,409	73,545	83,343	22,286	1,214	20,723	18,322
Indefinite Lived And Finite Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	1,428,762		1,402,598
Amortization of Intangible Assets	32,713	[1]	33,181	[1]	36,662	[1]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Next Twelve Months	31,385
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Two	30,872
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Three	28,560
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Four	26,487
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Five	25,400
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, after Year Five	$ 255,833

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