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Number of Franchise Agreements

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Number of Restaurants Refranchised

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Sublease Agreements, Number

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The difference between the carrying value and the sale price of real estate or properties that were intended to be sold or held for capital appreciation or rental income. This element refers to the gain (loss) included in earnings and not to the cash proceeds of the sale. This element is a noncash adjustment to net income when calculating net cash generated by operating activities using the indirect method.

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Amount of noncash consideration received for selling an asset or business through a noncash (or part noncash) transaction.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow from the sale of property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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Refranchising of Company-operated Restaurants (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Franchisee agreement	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) Restaurant agreement	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Number of franchise agreements \| agreement		4,000
Proceeds from sale of restaurant assets		$ 1,100	$ 0
Franchised Units
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Number of restaurants refranchised (restaurant) \| Restaurant		9
IHOP \| Cincinnati, Ohio market area restaurants
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Number of sublease agreements \| agreement	9
IHOP \| Cincinnati, Ohio market area restaurants \| Franchised Units
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Number of restaurants refranchised (restaurant) \| Franchisee	9
Number of franchise agreements \| agreement	9
Favorable lease assets, net		$ 2,300
Proceeds from sale of restaurant assets	$ 1,100
Note receivable acquired in sale of restaurant assets	$ 4,800
Gain on refranchising and sale		$ 6,200