Goodwill	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Goodwill	Goodwill The significant majority of the Company's goodwill arose from the November 29, 2007 acquisition of Applebee's. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, 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. The Company assessed goodwill for impairment in accordance with its policy described in Note 2. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company performed a qualitative assessment of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise unit and the IHOP franchise unit and concluded it was more-likely-than-not that the fair values exceeded the respective carrying amounts and therefore bypassed any quantitative testing of goodwill. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company performed a quantitative test of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise reporting unit and a qualitative test of the goodwill of the IHOP franchise unit. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company performed a quantitative test of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise unit and the IHOP franchise unit. There were no impairments of goodwill recorded resulting from these assessments in 2015, 2014 or 2013.

Goodwill

The significant majority of the Company's goodwill arose from the November 29, 2007 acquisition of Applebee's. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, 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.

The Company assessed goodwill for impairment in accordance with its policy described in Note 2. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company performed a qualitative assessment of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise unit and the IHOP franchise unit and concluded it was more-likely-than-not that the fair values exceeded the respective carrying amounts and therefore bypassed any quantitative testing of goodwill. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, the Company performed a quantitative test of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise reporting unit and a qualitative test of the goodwill of the IHOP franchise unit. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company performed a quantitative test of the goodwill of the Applebee's franchise unit and the IHOP franchise unit.

There were no impairments of goodwill recorded resulting from these assessments in 2015, 2014 or 2013.