Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 25, 2010
Allowance for doubtful accounts [Member]
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Balance, beginning of period	$ 1,397	$ 1,015	$ 937
Provision	266	516	174
Charge-offs	(228)	(134)	(96)
Discontinued operations	(315)
Balance, end of period	1,120	1,397	1,015
Allowance for customer credits [Member]
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Balance, beginning of period	51,914	45,711	35,496
Provision	145,243	126,091	102,027
Charge-offs	(135,222)	(119,888)	(91,812)
Discontinued operations	(169)
Balance, end of period	$ 61,766	$ 51,914	$ 45,711

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Total of allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 09

-Article 12

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 4

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690

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Total of the deductions in a given period to allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs, representing receivables written off as uncollectible and portions of the reserves utilized, respectively.

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