Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details 2) (USD $)	12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended												0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2012	Sep. 24, 2011	Dec. 25, 2010 LJVH Holdings, Inc.	Sep. 29, 2012 LJVH Holdings, Inc.	Sep. 24, 2011 LJVH Holdings, Inc.	Dec. 17, 2011 LJVH Holdings, Inc.	Dec. 17, 2011 LJVH Holdings, Inc. Trademarks	Dec. 17, 2011 LJVH Holdings, Inc. Customer relationships	Dec. 17, 2011 LJVH Holdings, Inc. Trademarks and trade names	Dec. 17, 2011 LJVH Holdings, Inc. Franchises	Dec. 17, 2011 LJVH Holdings, Inc. Technology	Dec. 17, 2011 LJVH Holdings, Inc. Assets held for sale	Dec. 17, 2011 LJVH Holdings, Inc. Term loan A facility	Dec. 17, 2011 Van Houtte Canadian Operations	Dec. 17, 2011 Filterfresh assets held for sale	May 11, 2010 Diedrich Coffee, Inc.	Sep. 25, 2010 Diedrich Coffee, Inc.	May 11, 2010 Diedrich Coffee, Inc. Customer relationships	May 11, 2010 Diedrich Coffee, Inc. Product Names	Nov. 11, 2009 Timothy's Coffee of the World, Inc.	Sep. 24, 2011 Timothy's Coffee of the World, Inc.	Sep. 25, 2010 Timothy's Coffee of the World, Inc.	Sep. 29, 2012 Timothy's Coffee of the World, Inc. Customer relationships	May 13, 2009 Timothy's Coffee of the World, Inc. Customer relationships	Sep. 29, 2012 Timothy's Coffee of the World, Inc. Supply Agreements	May 13, 2009 Timothy's Coffee of the World, Inc. Supply Agreements	Sep. 29, 2012 Timothy's Coffee of the World, Inc. Trade names	May 13, 2009 Timothy's Coffee of the World, Inc. Trade names
Acquisitions and divestitures
Payments to acquire business, net of cash acquired			$ 907,800,000		$ 907,835,000											$ 305,300,000	$ 305,261,000					$ 154,208,000
Credit agreement													1,450,000,000			140,000,000
Allocation of the purchase price to the acquired net assets of Van Houtte
Restricted cash						500,000								500,000		623,000
Accounts receivable						61,130,000								47,554,000	13,576,000	10,361,000				8,732,000
Inventories						42,958,000								36,691,000	6,267,000	6,732,000				6,911,000
Income taxes receivable						2,260,000								2,190,000	70,000
Deferred income taxes						4,903,000								3,577,000	1,326,000	1,733,000				(27,274,000)
Other current assets						5,047,000								4,453,000	594,000	2,543,000				83,000
Fixed assets						143,928,000								110,622,000	33,306,000	11,741,000				7,827,000
Intangible assets						375,099,000								355,549,000	19,550,000	100,200,000				98,300,000
Goodwill						472,331,000								409,493,000	62,838,000	217,519,000				69,297,000
Other long-term assets						1,577,000								962,000	615,000	156,000
Accounts payable and accrued expenses						(54,502,000)								(46,831,000)	(7,671,000)
Accounts payable																(3,836,000)				(6,852,000)
Accrued compensation costs																(8,670,000)				(132,000)
Accrued expenses																(3,480,000)				(966,000)
Other short-term liabilities						(4,330,000)								(3,404,000)	(926,000)
Income taxes payable						(1,496,000)								(1,496,000)
Deferred income taxes						(117,086,000)								(104,866,000)	(12,220,000)	(30,361,000)
Notes payable						(2,914,000)								(1,770,000)	(1,144,000)
Capital lease																				(186,000)
Other long-term liabilities						(2,452,000)								(1,683,000)	(769,000)
Non-controlling interests						(19,118,000)								(9,529,000)	(9,589,000)
Total						907,835,000								802,012,000	105,823,000	305,261,000				155,740,000
Business acquisition, additional disclosure
Acquired indefinite-lived intangible asset							99,400,000											83,300,000	16,900,000					83,200,000		6,200,000		8,900,000
Acquired finite-lived intangible asset								263,100,000	10,900,000	1,400,000	300,000	19,500,000
Weighted-average amortization period of amortizable intangible assets				10 years 9 months 18 days												10 years				15 years 2 months 12 days
Acquisition costs					10,700,000												11,700,000					1,900,000
Goodwill acquired		409,493,000														217,500,000				69,300,000
Purchase price, restricted cash held in escrow				9,300,000	26,900,000
Acquisition contribution to consolidated revenue					321,400,000											16,600,000					68,300,000	37,900,000
Escrow in connection with acquisition, other long-term liabilities					8,900,000
Escrow in connection with acquisition, other current liabilities				9,300,000	18,000,000
Acquisition contribution to consolidated net income before taxes					20,200,000											4,100,000					28,600,000	14,700,000
Total consideration																				155,700,000
Total cash disbursement																				154,200,000
Assumed liabilities recorded as noncash transaction																				$ 1,500,000
Amortizable intangible assets estimated useful life, years	9 years 3 months 18 days																						16 years		11 years		11 years