Leases Future Minimum Rental Receipts (Details) $ in Thousands	Apr. 12, 2020 USD ($)
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Remainder of 2020 (1)(2)	$ 106,892
2021 (2)	261,492
2022	232,748
2023	226,178
2024	201,003
Thereafter	1,250,834
Total minimum rental receipts	2,279,147
Portion of April rents due from franchisees that has been postponed	9,100
Decrease in expected rental receipts for the remainder of fiscal 2020	1,700
Increase in expected rental receipts in 2021 due to rent concessons in the prior year	$ 4,700

Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Remainder of Fiscal Year, Decrease due to Rent Concessions

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Lessor, Portion of Monthly Rent Postponed, Amount

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Amount of lease payments to be received by lessor for operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=119202524&loc=SL77919396-209981

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Amount of lease payments to be received by lessor in fifth fiscal year following latest fiscal year for operating lease. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest statement of financial position date.

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Amount of lease payments to be received by lessor in fourth year following latest fiscal year for operating lease. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on rolling approach, from latest statement of financial position date.

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Amount of lease payments to be received by lessor in remainder of fiscal year following latest fiscal year for operating lease. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on rolling approach, from latest statement of financial position date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
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Amount of lease payments to be received by lessor after fifth fiscal year following latest statement of financial position date for operating lease. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on rolling approach, from latest statement of financial position date.

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Amount of lease payments to be received by lessor in third fiscal year following latest fiscal year for operating lease. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on rolling approach, from latest statement of financial position date.

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Amount of lease payments to be received by lessor in second fiscal year following latest fiscal year for operating lease. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on rolling approach, from latest statement of financial position date.

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