Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 06, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summarized Financial Information Of Reportable Segments

	Quarter									Year-to-Date
	July 6, 2014			July 6, 2014			July 7, 2013			July 6, 2014			July 6, 2014			July 7, 2013
	(New)			(Old)						(New)			(Old)
Revenues by segment:
Jack in the Box restaurant operations	$	259,737		$	259,737		$	272,755		$	869,650		$	869,650		$	918,246
Qdoba restaurant operations	88,755			88,755			77,574			269,794			269,794			233,640
Consolidated revenues	$	348,492		$	348,492		$	350,329		$	1,139,444		$	1,139,444		$	1,151,886
Earnings from operations by segment:
Jack in the Box restaurant operations	$	54,413		$	33,692		$	23,485		$	184,333		$	108,607		$	83,002
Qdoba restaurant operations	9,641			9,326			7,410			26,354			24,567			18,602
FFE operations (1)	—			(18		)	(11		)	—			(91		)	(98		)
Shared services and unallocated costs	(21,078		)	—			—			(79,846		)	—			—
Gains on the sale of company-operated restaurants	24			—			—			2,242			—			—
Consolidated earnings from operations	43,000			43,000			30,884			133,083			133,083			101,506
Interest expense, net	3,535			3,535			3,270			12,388			12,388			12,061
Consolidated earnings from continuing operations and before income taxes	$	39,465		$	39,465		$	27,614		$	120,695		$	120,695		$	89,445
Total depreciation expense by segment:
Jack in the Box restaurant operations	$	15,110		$	16,798		$	17,350		$	51,379		$	56,991		$	58,783
Qdoba restaurant operations	3,893			3,893			3,741			13,029			13,029			12,054
Shared services and unallocated costs	1,688			—			—			5,612			—			—
Consolidated depreciation expense	$	20,691		$	20,691		$	21,091		$	70,020		$	70,020		$	70,837

Schedule of Goodwill

The following table provides detail of the change in the balance of goodwill for each of our reportable segments (in thousands):

	Qdoba		Jack in the Box			Total
Balance at September 29, 2013	$	100,597	$	48,391		$	148,988
Additions	—		256			256
Disposals	—		(134		)	(134		)
Balance at July 6, 2014	$	100,597	$	48,513		$	149,110