Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		4 Months Ended
		Jan. 17, 2016	Jan. 18, 2015
Cash dividends declared per common share		$ 0.30	$ 0.20
Revenues:
Company restaurant sales		$ 353,221	$ 351,896
Franchise rental revenues		69,738	69,446
Franchise royalties and other		47,864	47,279
Total revenue		470,823	468,621
Company restaurant costs:
Food and packaging		108,911	113,109
Payroll and employee benefits		97,907	95,679
Occupancy and other		77,699	75,031
Total company restaurant costs		284,517	283,819
Franchise occupancy expenses		52,219	52,418
Franchise support and other costs		4,862	4,723
Selling, general and administrative expenses		65,872	63,095
Impairment and other charges, net		1,657	2,180
Gains on the sale of company-operated restaurants		(818)	(850)
Total operating costs and expenses		408,309	405,385
Earnings from operations		62,514	63,236
Interest expense, net		8,175	5,213
Earnings from continuing operations and before income taxes		54,339	58,023
Income taxes		20,442	20,925
Earnings from continuing operations		33,897	37,098
Losses from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit		(676)	(1,263)
Net earnings		$ 33,221	$ 35,835
Net earnings per share - basic:
Earnings from continuing operations (usd per share)		$ 0.96	$ 0.96
Losses from discontinued operations (usd per share)		(0.02)	(0.03)
Net earnings per share (usd per share)	[1]	0.94	0.93
Net earnings per share - diluted:
Earnings from continuing operations (usd per share)		0.94	0.94
Losses from discontinued operations (usd per share)		(0.02)	(0.03)
Net earnings per share (usd per share)	[1]	$ 0.92	$ 0.91
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)		35,458	38,640
Diluted (in shares)		35,946	39,384

[1] (1)Earnings per share may not add due to rounding.