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Lease termination costs and impairment of long-lived assets associated with the Company's refranchising initiative.

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Number of bakery cafes refranchised.

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Prromissory Note Receivable

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Various charges incurred by the company in conjunction with refranchising efforts.

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Amount of other expense attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation.

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Amount, before tax, of (gain) loss recognized for the (reversal of write-down) write-down to fair value, less cost to sell, of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Gain (loss) from sale or disposal of an organization or integrated set of activities (for example, but not limited to, a partnership or corporation) engaged in providing a product or service in a commercial, industrial, or professional environment.

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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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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Business Combinations and Divestitures (Details Textuals)	3 Months Ended			4 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2016 USD ($) bakery-cafes	Jun. 28, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2015 USD ($)	May 02, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 12, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2016 USD ($) bakery-cafes	Sep. 29, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 13, 2016 bakery-cafes	May 03, 2016 bakery-cafes	Mar. 29, 2016 bakery-cafes	Dec. 29, 2015 bakery-cafes
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Loss (Gain) on Write-down	$ 0	$ 6,100,000	$ 1,000,000			$ 6,112,000	$ 8,941,000
Lease termination costs and impairment of long-lived assets	0		0			2,858,000	3,837,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Other Expense	331,000		596,000			795,000	946,000
Proceeds from refranchising				$ 15,200,000	$ 500,000	15,649,000	20,805,000
Prromissory Note Receivable	4,500,000					4,500,000
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Business	$ (202,000)		578,000	$ (500,000)	(200,000)	$ (693,000)	(1,992,000)
Noncash or Part Noncash Divestiture, Amount of Consideration Received					$ 5,000,000
Loans Receivable, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	2.00%					2.00%
Refranchising loss	$ 129,000		$ 2,174,000			$ 9,072,000	$ 11,732,000
Refranchised Cafe [Domain]
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of bakery cafe \| bakery-cafes	102					102
Cafes recalssified as held and used [Member]
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of bakery cafe \| bakery-cafes										20
Refranchised Cafe [Member]
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of bakery cafe \| bakery-cafes								12	15
Refranchising loss						$ 7,000,000
Cafe Held for Sale [Member]
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of bakery cafe \| bakery-cafes											35
Minimum [Member] \| Refranchised Cafe [Domain]
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of bakery cafe \| bakery-cafes	50					50
Maximum [Member] \| Refranchised Cafe [Domain]
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of bakery cafe \| bakery-cafes	150					150