Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements (Cash Flows) (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 25, 2011	Jun. 26, 2010
Net income	$ 125,227,000	$ 52,515,000
Depreciation	50,176,000	20,379,000
Amortization of intangibles	29,587,000	9,497,000
Loss on disposal of fixed assets	421,000	522,000
Provision for doubtful accounts	2,315,000	372,000
Provision for sales returns	48,755,000	26,291,000
Unrealized (Gain) Loss on futures derivatives	7,671,000	(188,000)
Tax benefit (expense) from exercise of non-qualified options and disqualified dispositions of incentive stock options	38,000	25,000
Excess tax benefits from equity-based compensation plans	(29,175,000)	(5,626,000)
Deferred income taxes	3,343,000	49,000
Deferred compensation and stock compensation	7,686,000	6,061,000
Receivables	(58,229,000)	(44,769,000)
Inventories	(118,113,000)	(31,356,000)
Income tax receivable (payable), net	25,533,000	(1,068,000)
Other current assets	2,371,000	(4,896,000)
Other long-term assets, net	(11,552,000)	421,000
Accounts payable	49,134,000	21,544,000
Accrued compensation costs	(1,106,000)	(3,851,000)
Accrued expenses	12,054,000	12,119,000
Other short-term liabilities	(2,388,000)
Other long-term liabilities	11,541,000
Net cash provided by operating activities	174,708,000	58,041,000
Change in restricted cash	98,000	(660,000)
Proceeds from sale of short-term investments		50,000,000
Proceeds from receipt of note receivable	449,000	1,788,000
Acquisition of Timothy's Coffee of the World Inc.		(154,208,000)
Acquisition of Diedrich Coffee, Inc., net of cash acquired		(305,261,000)
Capital expenditures for fixed assets	(175,474,000)	(84,386,000)
Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets	850,000	253,000
Net cash used for investing activities	(1,082,070,000)	(492,474,000)
Net change in revolving line of credit	165,835,000	57,001,000
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under compensation plans	9,577,000	4,127,000
Proceeds from issuance of common stock for public equity offering	688,900,000
Excess tax benefits from equity-based compensation plans	29,175,000	5,626,000
Capital lease obligations	(7,000)	(42,000)
Proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt	796,375,000	140,000,000
Deferred financing fees	(45,821,000)	(1,359,000)
Repayment of long-term debt	(906,708,000)	(3,750,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities	986,183,000	201,603,000
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	71,737,000	(232,830,000)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	4,401,000	241,811,000
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	76,138,000	8,981,000
Fixed asset purchases included in accounts payable and not disbursed at the end of each year	26,970,000	12,549,000
Liabilities assumed in conjunction with acquisitions		1,533,000
Previously Reported [Member]
Net income		55,750,000
Depreciation		20,379,000
Amortization of intangibles		9,497,000
Loss on disposal of fixed assets		522,000
Provision for doubtful accounts		372,000
Provision for sales returns		26,291,000
Unrealized (Gain) Loss on futures derivatives		(188,000)
Tax benefit (expense) from exercise of non-qualified options and disqualified dispositions of incentive stock options		25,000
Excess tax benefits from equity-based compensation plans		(5,626,000)
Deferred income taxes		49,000
Deferred compensation and stock compensation		6,061,000
Receivables		(44,769,000)
Inventories		(35,325,000)
Income tax receivable (payable), net		1,071,000
Other current assets		(5,682,000)
Other long-term assets, net		421,000
Accounts payable		21,544,000
Accrued compensation costs		(3,851,000)
Accrued expenses		11,500,000
Net cash provided by operating activities		58,041,000
Change in restricted cash		(660,000)
Proceeds from sale of short-term investments		50,000,000
Proceeds from receipt of note receivable		1,788,000
Acquisition of Timothy's Coffee of the World Inc.		(154,208,000)
Acquisition of Diedrich Coffee, Inc., net of cash acquired		(305,261,000)
Capital expenditures for fixed assets		(84,386,000)
Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets		253,000
Net cash used for investing activities		(492,474,000)
Net change in revolving line of credit		57,001,000
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under compensation plans		4,127,000
Excess tax benefits from equity-based compensation plans		5,626,000
Capital lease obligations		(42,000)
Proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt		140,000,000
Deferred financing fees		(1,359,000)
Repayment of long-term debt		(3,750,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities		201,603,000
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(232,830,000)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		241,811,000
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		8,981,000
Fixed asset purchases included in accounts payable and not disbursed at the end of each year		12,549,000
Liabilities assumed in conjunction with acquisitions		1,533,000
Inter-Company Elimination Adjustments [Member]
Net income		(3,072,000)
Inventories		5,102,000
Income tax receivable (payable), net		(2,030,000)
Third Party Royalty Adjustments [Member]
Net income		682,000
Inventories		(1,133,000)
Income tax receivable (payable), net		451,000
Marketing and Customer Incentive Expense Adjustments [Member]
Net income		(925,000)
Income tax receivable (payable), net		(612,000)
Accrued expenses		1,537,000
Other Adjustments [Member]
Net income		80,000
Income tax receivable (payable), net		52,000
Other current assets		786,000
Accrued expenses		$ (918,000)