Discontinued Operations (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended									12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended											3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2013	Sep. 29, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012		Jul. 01, 2012	Apr. 01, 2012	Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 30, 2012	Jan. 01, 2012	Jul. 31, 2011 Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations [Member] Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Other Liabilities [Member] Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Deferred Bonus [Member] Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Type of Deferred Compensation, All Types [Domain] Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Other Expense [Member] Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Other Income (Expense), Net [Member] Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	Jan. 01, 2012 Deferred taxes and other assets [Member] Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	May 24, 2010 Secured Debt [Member] Term Loan, 2010 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Discontinued Operations [Member] Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Omission of HIRE Tax Credit [Member]	Dec. 30, 2012 Omission of HIRE Tax Credit [Member] Discontinued Operations [Member] Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Date of Disposal													7/4/2011
Percentage of Stock Divested													100.00%
Proceeds from sale of Arby's, net										$ 0	$ 0	$ 97,925	$ 130,000
Proceeds from Divestiture of Business, Percentage of Buyer Stock Received													18.50%
Noncash or Part Noncash Divestiture, Amount of Consideration Received													19,000
Noncash or Part Noncash Acquisition, Debt Assumed													190000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount																								650,000
Revenues														0	0	546,453
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes:
Discontinued Operation, Amount of Other Income (Loss) from Disposition of Discontinued Operations, before Income Tax														(425)	907	1,692
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes														159	1,044	(930)
Discontinued Operations Net Income (Loss) From Discontinued Operations										(266)	1,951	762		(266)	1,951	762
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations, net of income taxes										0	(442)	(8,799)		0	(442)	(8,799)
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations	(266)	0	0	0	979	530	[1]	0	0	(266)	1,509	(8,037)		(266)	1,509	(8,037)
Income Tax Credits and Adjustments																									580	2,800	580
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation During Phase-out Period, before Income Tax																	4,279	(2,112)	(704)	529	(300)
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) from Disposal of Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax																(5,227)
Transaction related costs																11,500
Post Closing Purchase Price Adjustments																14,800
Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Income (Loss) from Disposal of Discontinued Operation																$ (3,572)						$ (5,524)	$ 1,952

[1] (Loss) income from continuing operations was materially affected during the third and fourth quarters of 2012 by corrections related to prior years’ tax matters which had an effect of increasing our benefit from income taxes by $2,181 and $5,439, respectively. Income from discontinued operations was also affected during the third quarter of 2012 by such corrections which had an effect of increasing our benefit from income taxes by $580. See Notes 12, 17 and 26 for additional information.