Inventories (Details) (USD $)			6 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2013	Sep. 29, 2012	Mar. 30, 2013 Green coffee	Mar. 30, 2013 Brewer inventory	Mar. 30, 2013 Production raw materials
Inventories
Raw materials and supplies	$ 176,752,000	$ 229,927,000
Finished goods	410,529,000	538,510,000
Inventories	587,281,000	768,437,000
Purchase commitments
Amount of purchase commitment			$ 272,200,000	$ 201,000,000	$ 531,500,000
Percentage of purchase commitment that has a fixed price			87.00%
Average C price of coffee per pound used to calculate variable portion of purchase commitment (in dollars per pound)			1.47