Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flow of ARAMARK Corporation and Subsidiaries (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2013	Mar. 30, 2012
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$ 99,489,000	$ 57,342,000
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(167,207,000)	(149,731,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	6,469,000	4,611,000
Proceeds from divestiture	919,000	4,427,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	(22,477,000)	(150,352,000)
Other Investing Activities	22,974,000	593,000
Net cash used in investing activities	(159,322,000)	(290,452,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	3,230,710,000	187,302,000
Payments of long-term borrowings	(2,443,631,000)	(17,771,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	36,200,000	(1,975,000)
Dividend/Advance to Parent Company	(657,853,000)	(27,744,000)
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	4,372,000	5,152,000
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	(33,155,000)	(12,462,000)
Distribution in connection with spin-off of Seamless Holdings	(47,352,000)	0
Other financing activities	(46,491,000)	(11,742,000)
Change in intercompany, net	0	0
Net cash provided by financing activities	42,800,000	120,760,000
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(17,033,000)	(112,350,000)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	136,689,000	213,323,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	119,656,000	100,973,000
ARAMARK Corporation
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	42,700,000	7,100,000
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(5,200,000)	(5,700,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	0	900,000
Proceeds from divestiture	0	0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	0	0
Other Investing Activities	3,100,000	400,000
Net cash used in investing activities	(2,100,000)	(4,400,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	3,168,300,000	117,000,000
Payments of long-term borrowings	(2,255,900,000)	(300,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	0	0
Dividend/Advance to Parent Company	(657,800,000)	(27,700,000)
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	4,400,000	5,200,000
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	(33,200,000)	(12,500,000)
Distribution in connection with spin-off of Seamless Holdings	(47,400,000)
Other financing activities	(44,900,000)	(8,500,000)
Change in intercompany, net	(176,400,000)	(190,800,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities	(42,900,000)	(117,600,000)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(2,300,000)	(114,900,000)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	27,400,000	137,400,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	25,100,000	22,500,000
Guarantors
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	26,900,000	16,400,000
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(129,600,000)	(97,000,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	2,400,000	1,800,000
Proceeds from divestiture	900,000	300,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	(14,100,000)	(138,600,000)
Other Investing Activities	25,500,000	(500,000)
Net cash used in investing activities	(114,900,000)	(234,000,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	0	(300,000)
Payments of long-term borrowings	(6,300,000)	(5,900,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	0	0
Dividend/Advance to Parent Company	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Distribution in connection with spin-off of Seamless Holdings	0
Other financing activities	(1,200,000)	(2,700,000)
Change in intercompany, net	93,000,000	233,000,000
Net cash provided by financing activities	85,500,000	224,100,000
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(2,500,000)	6,500,000
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	41,600,000	32,200,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	39,100,000	38,700,000
Non-Guarantors
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	35,100,000	36,700,000
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(32,400,000)	(47,100,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	4,100,000	1,900,000
Proceeds from divestiture	0	4,200,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	(8,400,000)	(11,800,000)
Other Investing Activities	(5,600,000)	700,000
Net cash used in investing activities	(42,300,000)	(52,100,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	62,400,000	70,600,000
Payments of long-term borrowings	(181,400,000)	(11,600,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	36,200,000	(2,000,000)
Dividend/Advance to Parent Company	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Distribution in connection with spin-off of Seamless Holdings	0
Other financing activities	(400,000)	(500,000)
Change in intercompany, net	78,200,000	(45,100,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities	(5,000,000)	11,400,000
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(12,200,000)	(4,000,000)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	67,700,000	43,700,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	55,500,000	39,700,000
Eliminations
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(5,200,000)	(2,900,000)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	0	0
Disposals of property and equipment	0	0
Proceeds from divestiture	0	0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	0	0
Other Investing Activities	0	0
Net cash used in investing activities	0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	0	0
Payments of long-term borrowings	0	0
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	0	0
Dividend/Advance to Parent Company	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Distribution in connection with spin-off of Seamless Holdings	0
Other financing activities	0	0
Change in intercompany, net	5,200,000	2,900,000
Net cash provided by financing activities	5,200,000	2,900,000
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 0	$ 0