Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Earnings Per Share

Reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of basic and diluted earnings per share computations

	Fiscal 2012		Fiscal 2011		Fiscal 2010
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share:
Net income attributable to GMCR	$	362,628	$	199,501	$	79,506
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	154,933,948		146,214,860		131,529,412
Effect of dilutive securities—stock options	4,141,698		5,927,574		6,304,711
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	159,075,646		152,142,434		137,834,123
Basic net income per common share	$	2.34	$	1.36	$	0.60
Diluted net income per common share	$	2.28	$	1.31	$	0.58