Goodwill	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Goodwill	Goodwill The significant majority of the Company's goodwill and other intangible assets arose from the November 29, 2007 acquisition of Applebee's. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the balance of goodwill was $697.5 million, of which $686.7 million has been allocated to the Applebee's franchise reporting unit and $10.8 million to the IHOP franchise reporting unit. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, goodwill must be evaluated for impairment, at a minimum, on an annual basis, and more frequently if the Company believes indicators of impairment exist. Such indicators include, but are not limited to, events or circumstances such as a significant adverse change in the business climate, unanticipated competition, a loss of key personnel, adverse legal or regulatory developments, or a significant decline in the market price of the Company's common stock. In the process of the Company's annual impairment review, the Company primarily uses the income approach method of valuation that utilizes a discounted cash flow model to estimate the fair value of its reporting units. Significant assumptions used to determine fair value under the discounted cash flows model include future trends in sales, operating expenses, overhead expenses, depreciation, capital expenditures, and changes in working capital, along with an appropriate discount rate. During the fiscal years ended 2013 and 2012, the Company made periodic assessments as to whether there were indicators of impairment, particularly with respect to the significant assumptions underlying the discounted cash flow model, and determined an interim test of goodwill was not warranted. Accordingly, the Company performed a quantitative test for impairment of goodwill of the Applebee's franchise reporting unit in the fourth quarter of 2013 and 2012. In the first step of each year's impairment test, the estimated fair value of the Applebee's franchising unit exceeded the carrying values and the Company concluded there was no impairment of goodwill. The Company performed a qualitative assessment of the goodwill of the IHOP franchise reporting unit and concluded there was no impairment of goodwill.

Goodwill

The significant majority of the Company's goodwill and other intangible assets arose from the November 29, 2007 acquisition of Applebee's. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the balance of goodwill was $697.5 million, of which $686.7 million has been allocated to the Applebee's franchise reporting unit and $10.8 million to the IHOP franchise reporting unit.

In accordance with U.S. GAAP, goodwill must be evaluated for impairment, at a minimum, on an annual basis, and more frequently if the Company believes indicators of impairment exist. Such indicators include, but are not limited to, events or circumstances such as a significant adverse change in the business climate, unanticipated competition, a loss of key personnel, adverse legal or regulatory developments, or a significant decline in the market price of the Company's common stock. In the process of the Company's annual impairment review, the Company primarily uses the income approach method of valuation that utilizes a discounted cash flow model to estimate the fair value of its reporting units. Significant assumptions used to determine fair value under the discounted cash flows model include future trends in sales, operating expenses, overhead expenses, depreciation, capital expenditures, and changes in working capital, along with an appropriate discount rate.

During the fiscal years ended 2013 and 2012, the Company made periodic assessments as to whether there were indicators of impairment, particularly with respect to the significant assumptions underlying the discounted cash flow model, and determined an interim test of goodwill was not warranted. Accordingly, the Company performed a quantitative test for impairment of goodwill of the Applebee's franchise reporting unit in the fourth quarter of 2013 and 2012. In the first step of each year's impairment test, the estimated fair value of the Applebee's franchising unit exceeded the carrying values and the Company concluded there was no impairment of goodwill. The Company performed a qualitative assessment of the goodwill of the IHOP franchise reporting unit and concluded there was no impairment of goodwill.