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Impairment, Disposition Of Property And Equipment, Restaurant Closing Costs And Restructuring (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Apr. 12, 2015
Apr. 13, 2014
Apr. 12, 2015
Apr. 13, 2014
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]        
accelerated depreciation $ 1,387,000jack_Accelerateddepreciation $ 487,000jack_Accelerateddepreciation $ 2,139,000jack_Accelerateddepreciation $ 1,151,000jack_Accelerateddepreciation
Severance Costs 12,000us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1 1,098,000us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1 19,000us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1 1,396,000us-gaap_SeveranceCosts1
Asset Impairment Charges 27,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges 85,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges 41,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges 180,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Losses (gains) on the disposition of property and equipment, net     466,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment 594,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
Business Exit Costs 973,000us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 731,000us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 1,759,000us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1 1,295,000us-gaap_BusinessExitCosts1
Restructuring Charges 12,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges 7,491,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges 19,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges 7,789,000us-gaap_RestructuringCharges
Impairment and other charges, net 2,130,000jack_ImpairmentAndOtherCostsNet 9,056,000jack_ImpairmentAndOtherCostsNet 4,310,000jack_ImpairmentAndOtherCostsNet 10,965,000jack_ImpairmentAndOtherCostsNet
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]        
Other Restructuring Costs 0us-gaap_OtherRestructuringCosts 6,393,000us-gaap_OtherRestructuringCosts 0us-gaap_OtherRestructuringCosts 6,393,000us-gaap_OtherRestructuringCosts
Gains from eminent domain [Member]        
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]        
Losses (gains) on the disposition of property and equipment, net     (900,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
/ us-gaap_RestructuringCostAndReserveAxis
= jack_GainsfromEminentDomainMember
 
Facility Closing [Member]        
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]        
Balance at beginning of period     13,173,000us-gaap_RestructuringReserve
/ us-gaap_RestructuringCostAndReserveAxis
= us-gaap_FacilityClosingMember
 
Cash payments     (3,319,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForRestructuring
/ us-gaap_RestructuringCostAndReserveAxis
= us-gaap_FacilityClosingMember
 
Restructuring costs     1,427,000us-gaap_RestructuringReserveAccrualAdjustment
/ us-gaap_RestructuringCostAndReserveAxis
= us-gaap_FacilityClosingMember
 
Balance at end of period 11,281,000us-gaap_RestructuringReserve
/ us-gaap_RestructuringCostAndReserveAxis
= us-gaap_FacilityClosingMember
  11,281,000us-gaap_RestructuringReserve
/ us-gaap_RestructuringCostAndReserveAxis
= us-gaap_FacilityClosingMember
 
Continuing Operations [Member]        
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]        
Losses (gains) on the disposition of property and equipment, net (269,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
/ us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis
= us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember
262,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
/ us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis
= us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember
352,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
/ us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis
= us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember
550,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
/ us-gaap_StatementOperatingActivitiesSegmentAxis
= us-gaap_SegmentContinuingOperationsMember
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]        
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]        
Other Asset Impairment Charges   $ 6,400,000us-gaap_OtherAssetImpairmentCharges
/ us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsNonrecurringMember