Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012	Oct. 02, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
State net operating loss carryforwards	$ 77,500,000
Valuation allowance	(5,093,000)	(4,025,000)
Change in the valuation allowance	(1,100,000)
Gross unrecognized tax benefits associated with uncertain income tax positions		600,000
Increases to tax positions recorded during current years	276,000	0
Changes to gross unrecognized tax benefits required within next twelve months	$ 400,000

The tax effect as of the balance sheet date of the amount of excess of tax deductions over gross income in a year which cannot be used on the tax return of a state or local jurisdiction in the current year but can be carried forward to reduce taxable income or income taxes payable in a future year, for which there must be sufficient tax-basis income to utilize a portion or all of the carryforward amount to realize the deferred tax asset.

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The sum of the portions of deferred tax assets as of the balance sheet date for which, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not will not be realized through future reductions of tax-based income.

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The amount of the change in the period in the valuation allowance for a specified deferred tax asset.

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