Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets of ARAMARK Corporation and Subsidiaries (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 28, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Oct. 01, 2010	Oct. 02, 2009
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 136,689,000	$ 213,323,000	$ 160,266,000
Receivables	1,315,997,000	1,252,266,000
Inventories, at lower of cost or market	508,416,000	450,848,000
Prepayments and other current assets	200,070,000	214,385,000
Total current assets	2,161,172,000	2,130,822,000
Property and Equipment, net	1,000,579,000	1,004,690,000
Goodwill	4,729,474,000	4,640,606,000
Investment in and Advance to Subsidiaries	0	0
Other Intangible Assets	1,595,149,000	1,748,417,000
Other Assets	989,948,000	985,017,000
Assets	10,476,322,000	10,509,552,000
Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	37,462,000	49,064,000
Accounts payable	873,345,000	775,455,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	1,231,700,000	1,226,600,000
Total current liabilities	2,142,512,000	2,051,029,000
Long-Term Borrowings	5,375,819,000	5,588,614,000
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities	1,218,050,000	1,234,885,000
Intercompany Payable	0	0
Common Stock Subject to Repurchase	167,461,000	158,061,000
Total equity	1,572,480,000	1,476,963,000	1,396,957,000	1,360,365,000
Liabilities and Equity	10,476,322,000	10,509,552,000
ARAMARK Corporation
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	27,400,000	137,400,000	79,400,000
Receivables	2,700,000	3,100,000
Inventories, at lower of cost or market	15,900,000	16,100,000
Prepayments and other current assets	5,200,000	31,900,000
Total current assets	51,200,000	188,500,000
Property and Equipment, net	33,800,000	38,300,000
Goodwill	173,100,000	173,100,000
Investment in and Advance to Subsidiaries	6,578,200,000	6,609,000,000
Other Intangible Assets	42,000,000	51,400,000
Other Assets	64,200,000	75,500,000
Assets	6,942,500,000	7,135,800,000
Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	700,000	700,000
Accounts payable	148,600,000	132,900,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	146,100,000	218,200,000
Total current liabilities	295,400,000	351,800,000
Long-Term Borrowings	4,586,000,000	4,833,700,000
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities	355,000,000	347,000,000
Intercompany Payable	0	0
Common Stock Subject to Repurchase	167,500,000	158,100,000
Total equity	1,538,600,000	1,445,200,000
Liabilities and Equity	6,942,500,000	7,135,800,000
Guarantors
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	41,600,000	32,200,000	32,300,000
Receivables	221,300,000	241,900,000
Inventories, at lower of cost or market	405,600,000	356,600,000
Prepayments and other current assets	122,500,000	121,300,000
Total current assets	791,000,000	752,000,000
Property and Equipment, net	764,100,000	751,600,000
Goodwill	3,765,400,000	3,766,100,000
Investment in and Advance to Subsidiaries	389,900,000	250,700,000
Other Intangible Assets	1,300,000,000	1,442,700,000
Other Assets	602,700,000	554,500,000
Assets	7,613,100,000	7,517,600,000
Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	11,300,000	10,000,000
Accounts payable	376,000,000	335,100,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	788,800,000	770,000,000
Total current liabilities	1,176,100,000	1,115,100,000
Long-Term Borrowings	38,300,000	34,700,000
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities	644,200,000	695,700,000
Intercompany Payable	5,301,800,000	5,352,700,000
Common Stock Subject to Repurchase	0	0
Total equity	452,700,000	319,400,000
Liabilities and Equity	7,613,100,000	7,517,600,000
Non-Guarantors
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	67,700,000	43,700,000	48,500,000
Receivables	1,092,000,000	1,007,300,000
Inventories, at lower of cost or market	86,900,000	78,100,000
Prepayments and other current assets	72,400,000	61,200,000
Total current assets	1,319,000,000	1,190,300,000
Property and Equipment, net	202,700,000	214,800,000
Goodwill	791,000,000	701,400,000
Investment in and Advance to Subsidiaries	139,200,000	180,900,000
Other Intangible Assets	253,100,000	254,300,000
Other Assets	325,000,000	357,000,000
Assets	3,030,000,000	2,898,700,000
Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	25,500,000	38,300,000
Accounts payable	348,700,000	307,400,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	296,700,000	238,300,000
Total current liabilities	670,900,000	584,000,000
Long-Term Borrowings	751,500,000	720,200,000
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities	218,900,000	192,100,000
Intercompany Payable	1,072,400,000	1,158,700,000
Common Stock Subject to Repurchase	0	0
Total equity	316,300,000	243,700,000
Liabilities and Equity	3,030,000,000	2,898,700,000
Eliminations
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	0	0	0
Receivables	0	0
Inventories, at lower of cost or market	0	0
Prepayments and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	0	0
Property and Equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Investment in and Advance to Subsidiaries	(7,107,300,000)	(7,040,600,000)
Other Intangible Assets	0	0
Other Assets	(2,000,000)	(2,000,000)
Assets	(7,109,300,000)	(7,042,600,000)
Liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	100,000	100,000
Total current liabilities	100,000	100,000
Long-Term Borrowings	0	0
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities	0	0
Intercompany Payable	(6,374,200,000)	(6,511,400,000)
Common Stock Subject to Repurchase	0	0
Total equity	(735,200,000)	(531,300,000)
Liabilities and Equity	$ (7,109,300,000)	$ (7,042,600,000)