Impairment of Long-Lived Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2017

Impairment of long-lived assets [Member]

Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of impairment losses recorded, which represent the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the affected assets and are included in “Impairment of long-lived assets:”

	Year Ended
	2016		2015		2014
Restaurants leased or subleased to franchisees	$	14,010	$	19,214	$	11,993
Company-operated restaurants	1,918		3,132		5,146
Surplus properties	313		2,655		2,474
	$	16,241	$	25,001	$	19,613