ARAMARK Holdings Corporation (Parent Company)	6 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2012
ParentCompanyActivityNoteDisclosureAbstrac [Abstract]
ARAMARK Holdings Corporation (Parent Company)	ARAMARK HOLDINGS CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY): ARAMARK Holdings Corporation has 600.0 million common shares authorized, approximately 214.0 million common shares issued and approximately 203.2 million common shares outstanding as of March 30, 2012. On April 18, 2011, the Parent Company completed a private placement of $600 million, net of a 1% discount, in aggregate principal amount of 8.625% / 9.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the Parent Company Notes). Interest on the Parent Company Notes accrues at the rate of 8.625% per annum with respect to interest payments made in cash and 9.375% per annum with respect to any payment in-kind interest. The Parent Company Notes are obligations of the Parent Company, are not guaranteed by the Company and its subsidiaries and are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries, including trade payables, the senior secured revolving credit facility, the senior secured term loan facility, 8.50% senior notes due 2015, senior floating rate notes due 2015 and 5.00% senior notes due 2012. The Parent Company is obligated to pay interest on the Parent Company Notes in cash to the extent the Company has sufficient capacity to distribute such amounts to the Parent Company under the covenants relating to the Company’s outstanding indebtedness, including the senior secured revolving credit facility, the senior secured term loan facility, the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and the senior floating rate notes due 2015. If the Company does not have sufficient covenant capacity to distribute such amounts to the Parent Company, the Parent Company will have the ability to pay the interest on the Parent Company Notes through the issuance of additional notes. At March 30, 2012, ARAMARK Holdings Corporation had long-term borrowings of $595.0 million, net of discount, interest payable of $21.2 million and unamortized deferred financing costs on the Parent Company Notes of $12.2 million. For the three and six months ended March 30, 2012, ARAMARK Holdings Corporation recorded Interest and Other Financing Costs, net, of $13.7 million and $27.4 million, respectively. In November 2011, the Company distributed approximately $27.7 million to the Parent Company as an advance which was used to pay the interest on the Parent Company Notes. During the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the advance was reduced by approximately $14.9 million, reflecting a non-cash reduction in the Company’s income taxes payable due to the tax benefit attributable to the interest on the Parent Company Notes.

ARAMARK HOLDINGS CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY):

ARAMARK Holdings Corporation has 600.0 million common shares authorized, approximately 214.0 million common shares issued and approximately 203.2 million common shares outstanding as of March 30, 2012.

On April 18, 2011, the Parent Company completed a private placement of $600 million, net of a 1% discount, in aggregate principal amount of 8.625% / 9.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the Parent Company Notes). Interest on the Parent Company Notes accrues at the rate of 8.625% per annum with respect to interest payments made in cash and 9.375% per annum with respect to any payment in-kind interest. The Parent Company Notes are obligations of the Parent Company, are not guaranteed by the Company and its subsidiaries and are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries, including trade payables, the senior secured revolving credit facility, the senior secured term loan facility, 8.50% senior notes due 2015, senior floating rate notes due 2015 and 5.00% senior notes due 2012. The Parent Company is obligated to pay interest on the Parent Company Notes in cash to the extent the Company has sufficient capacity to distribute such amounts to the Parent Company under the covenants relating to the Company’s outstanding indebtedness, including the senior secured revolving credit facility, the senior secured term loan facility, the 8.50% senior notes due 2015 and the senior floating rate notes due 2015. If the Company does not have sufficient covenant capacity to distribute such amounts to the Parent Company, the Parent Company will have the ability to pay the interest on the Parent Company Notes through the issuance of additional notes.

At March 30, 2012, ARAMARK Holdings Corporation had long-term borrowings of $595.0 million, net of discount, interest payable of $21.2 million and unamortized deferred financing costs on the Parent Company Notes of $12.2 million. For the three and six months ended March 30, 2012, ARAMARK Holdings Corporation recorded Interest and Other Financing Costs, net, of $13.7 million and $27.4 million, respectively. In November 2011, the Company distributed approximately $27.7 million to the Parent Company as an advance which was used to pay the interest on the Parent Company Notes. During the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the advance was reduced by approximately $14.9 million, reflecting a non-cash reduction in the Company’s income taxes payable due to the tax benefit attributable to the interest on the Parent Company Notes.