Inventories (Details) (USD $)			12 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2012	Sep. 24, 2011	Sep. 29, 2012 Green coffee	Sep. 29, 2012 Brewer inventory	Sep. 29, 2012 Production raw materials
Inventories
Raw materials and supplies	$ 229,927,000	$ 182,811,000
Finished goods	538,510,000	489,437,000
Inventories	768,437,000	672,248,000
Purchase commitments
Amount of purchase commitment			$ 323,600,000	$ 239,500,000	$ 591,000,000
Percentage of purchase commitment that has a fixed price			90.00%
Average C price of coffee per pound used to calculate variable portion of purchase commitment (in dollars per pound)			1.80