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Amount of paid and unpaid common stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Stockholders' Deficit (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, shares in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2022 USD ($) restaurant $ / shares shares	Oct. 03, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 27, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Shares repurchased (in shares) \| shares	0.3
Cost of shares repurchased \| $	$ 25,000	$ 200,000	$ 153,550
Remaining amount under stock repurchase program \| $	$ 175,000
Number of cash dividends declared \| restaurant	4
Cash dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	$ 1.76	$ 1.68	$ 1.20
Total cash dividends \| $	$ 37,200
Dividends Declared, Tranche One
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	$ 0.44
Dividends Declared, Tranche Two
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	0.44
Dividends Declared, Tranche Three
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	0.44
Dividends Declared, Tranche Four
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	$ 0.44