Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2014

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Goodwill activity for 2014 and 2013 was as follows:

	Year End
	2014			2013
Balance at beginning of year	$	842,544		$	876,201
Restaurant dispositions (a)	(27,571		)	(20,578		)
Restaurant acquisitions	11,455			—
Impairment	—			(9,397		)
Currency translation adjustment and other, net	(3,866		)	(3,682		)
Balance at end of year	$	822,562		$	842,544

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(a) During 2014, in connection with the Company’s plan to sell all of its company-owned restaurants in Canada to franchisees as part of its ongoing system optimization initiative, goodwill of $11,574 was reclassified to assets held for sale, of which $2,035 was disposed of as a result of the sale of 29 Canadian restaurants. See Note 2 for further information.

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

The following is a summary of the components of other intangible assets and the related amortization expense:

	Year End 2014							Year End 2013
	Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Net		Cost		Accumulated Amortization			Net
Indefinite-lived:
Trademarks	$	903,000	$	—		$	903,000	$	903,000	$	—		$	903,000
Definite-lived:
Franchise agreements	350,802		(104,596		)	246,206		352,339		(88,281		)	264,058
Favorable leases	192,854		(43,231		)	149,623		140,619		(41,625		)	98,994
Reacquired rights under franchise agreements	8,685		(1,109		)	7,576		23,065		(21,219		)	1,846
Computer software	85,170		(40,210		)	44,960		68,665		(30,783		)	37,882
	$	1,540,511	$	(189,146	)	$	1,351,365	$	1,487,688	$	(181,908	)	$	1,305,780

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

Aggregate amortization expense:
Actual for fiscal year (a):
2012	$	32,713
2013	55,516
2014	42,300
Estimate for fiscal year:
2015	$	41,608
2016	38,702
2017	37,472
2018	35,422
2019	31,416
Thereafter	263,745

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(a) Includes $1,399, $792 and $1,757 of impairment charges related to other intangible assets in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Also, 2014 and 2013 include System Optimization Remeasurement of $2,211 and $1,678, respectively, and accelerated amortization on previously acquired franchise rights in territories sold as a part of our system optimization initiative of $474 and $16,907, respectively.