Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Earnings (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	4 Months Ended
	Jan. 19, 2014	Jan. 20, 2013
Revenues:
Company restaurant sales	$ 338,828	$ 348,906
Franchise revenues	111,253	105,429
Total revenue	450,081	454,335
Company restaurant costs:
Food and packaging	108,238	112,537
Payroll and employee benefits	93,816	99,576
Occupancy and other	74,709	77,369
Total company restaurant costs	276,763	289,482
Franchise costs	55,510	52,488
Selling, general and administrative expenses	59,156	66,686
Impairment and other charges, net	1,909	3,253
Gains on the sale of company-operated restaurants	(461)	(748)
Total operating costs and expenses	392,877	411,161
Earnings from operations	57,204	43,174
Interest expense, net	4,542	5,365
Earnings from continuing operations and before income taxes	52,662	37,809
Income taxes	19,652	11,700
Earnings from continuing operations	33,010	26,109
Losses from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit	(724)	(5,420)
Net earnings	$ 32,286	$ 20,689
Net earnings per share - basic:
Earnings from continuing operations (usd per share)	$ 0.78	$ 0.61
Losses from discontinued operations (usd per share)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.13)
Net earnings per share (usd per share)	$ 0.76	$ 0.48
Net earnings per share - diluted:
Earnings from continuing operations (usd per share)	$ 0.75	$ 0.59
Losses from discontinued operations (usd per share)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.12)
Net earnings per share (usd per share)	$ 0.74	$ 0.47
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	42,434	42,997
Diluted (in shares)	43,838	44,356