Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 05, 2015	Jul. 06, 2014	Jul. 05, 2015	Jul. 06, 2014
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Cash Paid	$ 0.30	$ 0.20	$ 0.70	$ 0.20
Revenues:
Company restaurant sales	$ 270,655	$ 264,398	$ 891,455	$ 861,000
Franchise revenues	88,851	84,094	294,794	278,444
Total revenue	359,506	348,492	1,186,249	1,139,444
Company restaurant costs:
Food and packaging	82,649	84,459	279,790	274,119
Payroll and employee benefits	72,896	71,733	241,648	237,165
Occupancy and other	56,103	57,671	187,602	189,378
Total company restaurant costs	211,648	213,863	709,040	700,662
Franchise costs	42,536	42,563	142,736	140,070
Selling, general and administrative expenses	50,986	47,422	166,553	155,238
Impairment and other charges, net	3,758	1,668	8,068	12,633
Losses (gains) on the sale of company-operated restaurants	183	(24)	4,353	(2,242)
Total operating costs and expenses	309,111	305,492	1,030,750	1,006,361
Earnings from operations	50,395	43,000	155,499	133,083
Interest expense, net	4,504	3,535	13,937	12,388
Earnings from continuing operations and before income taxes	45,891	39,465	141,562	120,695
Income taxes	17,528	13,338	52,739	43,294
Earnings from continuing operations	28,363	26,127	88,823	77,401
Losses from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit	(1,532)	(1,424)	(3,152)	(4,611)
Net earnings	$ 26,831	$ 24,703	$ 85,671	$ 72,790
Net earnings per share - basic:
Earnings from continuing operations (usd per share)	$ 0.76	$ 0.66	$ 2.34	$ 1.87
Losses from discontinued operations (usd per share)	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.08)	(0.11)
Net earnings per share (usd per share)	0.72	0.62	2.26	1.76
Net earnings per share - diluted:
Earnings from continuing operations (usd per share)	0.75	0.64	2.30	1.82
Losses from discontinued operations (usd per share)	(0.04)	(0.03)	(0.08)	(0.11)
Net earnings per share (usd per share)	$ 0.71	$ 0.61	$ 2.22	$ 1.71
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	37,106	39,692	37,980	41,320
Diluted (in shares)	37,661	40,787	38,630	42,605