Segment Reporting (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 12, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summarized Financial Information Of Reportable Segments

	Quarter						Year-to-date
	April 12, 2015			April 13, 2014			April 12, 2015			April 13, 2014
Revenues by segment:
Jack in the Box restaurant operations	$	269,444		$	260,089		$	621,395		$	609,912
Qdoba restaurant operations	88,678			80,781			205,348			181,040
Consolidated revenues	$	358,122		$	340,870		$	826,743		$	790,952
Earnings from operations by segment:
Jack in the Box restaurant operations	$	64,313		$	53,617		$	145,168		$	129,920
Qdoba restaurant operations	8,778			7,105			23,460			16,713
Shared services and unallocated costs	(26,203		)	(29,600		)	(59,354		)	(58,768		)
(Losses) gains on the sale of company-operated restaurants	(5,020		)	1,757			(4,170		)	2,218
Consolidated earnings from operations	41,868			32,879			105,104			90,083
Interest expense, net	4,220			4,311			9,433			8,853
Consolidated earnings from continuing operations and before income taxes	$	37,648		$	28,568		$	95,671		$	81,230
Total depreciation expense by segment:
Jack in the Box restaurant operations	$	14,699		$	15,418		$	34,314		$	36,269
Qdoba restaurant operations	1,612			3,906			3,872			9,136
Shared services and unallocated costs	4,035			1,785			9,315			3,924
Consolidated depreciation expense	$	20,346		$	21,109		$	47,501		$	49,329

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 28, 2014	$	100,597	$	48,477		$	149,074
Disposals	—		(32		)	(32		)
Balance at April 12, 2015	$	100,597	$	48,445		$	149,042