Subsequent Event	12 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2014
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Event	Subsequent Event On September 23, 2014, we entered into a tender offer bid agreement with Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd. ("Starbucks Japan"), a 39.5% owned equity method investment (as discussed in Note 6, Equity and Cost Investments), and our joint venture partner, Sazaby League, Ltd. ("Sazaby"), to acquire the remaining 60.5% ownership interest in Starbucks Japan. We are acquiring Starbucks Japan to further leverage our existing infrastructure to continue disciplined retail store growth and expand our presence into other channels in the Japan market, such as CPG, licensing and foodservice. Structured as a two-step tender offer, the full acquisition of Starbucks Japan is expected to be completed during fiscal 2015. On October 31, 2014, we acquired Sazaby's 39.5% ownership interest through the first tender offer step for ¥55 billion ($511 million) in cash, bringing our total ownership in Starbucks Japan to a controlling 79% interest. Due to the limited time since the closing of the first tender offer step, the initial accounting for this acquisition is still in process but will be reflected in our first quarter of fiscal 2015 results. We will record the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of October 31, 2014, as well as adjust the carrying value of our existing 39.5% equity method investment to fair value. From the acquisition date forward, we will consolidate Starbucks Japan's results of operations and cash flows in our consolidated financial statements. Until the remaining 21% of minority shareholders’ interests are acquired, we will present them as net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests in our consolidated statements of earnings. We initiated the second tender offer step on November 10, 2014 to acquire the remaining 21% ownership interest held by the public shareholders and option holders of Starbucks Japan's common stock, with the objective of acquiring all of the remaining outstanding shares including outstanding stock options, which we expect to complete on December 29, 2014. Upon successful completion of the second tender offer step, we intend to commence a cash-out procedure under Japanese law (the "Cash-out") that will allow us to acquire all remaining shares. At the conclusion of the Cash-out, which we expect to complete during the first half of calendar 2015, Starbucks will own 100% of Starbucks Japan. The expected purchase price for the second tender offer step and the Cash-out is ¥44.5 billion (approximately $382 million with Japanese yen converted into US dollars at a reference conversion rate of 116.52 JPY to USD). We funded the first tender offer step with $511 million in offshore cash. We also expect to fund a majority of the second tender offer step with offshore cash. Through the date of this filing, we have incurred approximately $5 million in acquisition-related costs, such as regulatory, legal, and advisory fees, which we have recorded within unallocated corporate general and administrative expenses during the respective fiscal periods in which they were incurred.

Subsequent Event

On September 23, 2014, we entered into a tender offer bid agreement with Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd. ("Starbucks Japan"), a 39.5% owned equity method investment (as discussed in Note 6, Equity and Cost Investments), and our joint venture partner, Sazaby League, Ltd. ("Sazaby"), to acquire the remaining 60.5% ownership interest in Starbucks Japan. We are acquiring Starbucks Japan to further leverage our existing infrastructure to continue disciplined retail store growth and expand our presence into other channels in the Japan market, such as CPG, licensing and foodservice. Structured as a two-step tender offer, the full acquisition of Starbucks Japan is expected to be completed during fiscal 2015.

On October 31, 2014, we acquired Sazaby's 39.5% ownership interest through the first tender offer step for ¥55 billion ($511 million) in cash, bringing our total ownership in Starbucks Japan to a controlling 79% interest. Due to the limited time since the closing of the first tender offer step, the initial accounting for this acquisition is still in process but will be reflected in our first quarter of fiscal 2015 results. We will record the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of October 31, 2014, as well as adjust the carrying value of our existing 39.5% equity method investment to fair value. From the acquisition date forward, we will consolidate Starbucks Japan's results of operations and cash flows in our consolidated financial statements. Until the remaining 21% of minority shareholders’ interests are acquired, we will present them as net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests in our consolidated statements of earnings.

We initiated the second tender offer step on November 10, 2014 to acquire the remaining 21% ownership interest held by the public shareholders and option holders of Starbucks Japan's common stock, with the objective of acquiring all of the remaining outstanding shares including outstanding stock options, which we expect to complete on December 29, 2014. Upon successful completion of the second tender offer step, we intend to commence a cash-out procedure under Japanese law (the "Cash-out") that will allow us to acquire all remaining shares. At the conclusion of the Cash-out, which we expect to complete during the first half of calendar 2015, Starbucks will own 100% of Starbucks Japan. The expected purchase price for the second tender offer step and the Cash-out is ¥44.5 billion (approximately $382 million with Japanese yen converted into US dollars at a reference conversion rate of 116.52 JPY to USD).

We funded the first tender offer step with $511 million in offshore cash. We also expect to fund a majority of the second tender offer step with offshore cash. Through the date of this filing, we have incurred approximately $5 million in acquisition-related costs, such as regulatory, legal, and advisory fees, which we have recorded within unallocated corporate general and administrative expenses during the respective fiscal periods in which they were incurred.