Significant Accounting Policies (Details 3) (Colonel's Limited, LLC, USD $)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Colonel's Limited, LLC
Noncontrolling Interests
Adjustment to interest expense due to change in redemption value	$ 27,000	$ (800,000)
Redemption value	$ 11,000,000	$ 10,800,000

Represents the amount of adjustment to interest expense due to the change in redemption value of mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interest.

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