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Proceeds From Assets Held For Sale and Leaseback

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale and leaseback transaction from transfer of asset accounted for as sale.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Leases (Sale, Leaseback Transactions) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2023 USD ($) saleLeasebackTransaction	Oct. 02, 2022 USD ($) saleLeasebackTransaction	Oct. 03, 2021 USD ($) saleLeasebackTransaction
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items]
Number of sales - leaseback transactions completed \| saleLeasebackTransaction	1	4	2
Proceeds from the sale and leaseback of assets	$ 3,673	$ 10,768	$ 3,884
Restaurant
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale and leaseback of assets	3,700	10,800
Gain on sale of leaseback transaction	$ (100)	$ 200
Initial term of operating lease	20 years		20 years
Restaurant \| Minimum
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items]
Initial term of operating lease		16 years
Restaurant \| Maximum
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items]
Initial term of operating lease		20 years
Multi-tenant Commercial Property
Sale Leaseback Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale and leaseback of assets			$ 3,900
Gain on sale of leaseback transaction			$ 100