Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 28, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 28, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011
Revenues:
Merchandise	$ 476,493	$ 470,152	$ 1,339,751	$ 1,312,511
Fuel	1,660,632	1,789,617	4,822,512	4,646,774
Total revenues	2,137,125	2,259,769	6,162,263	5,959,285
Costs and operating expenses:
Merchandise cost of goods sold (exclusive of items shown separately below)	316,767	310,164	892,425	867,011
Fuel cost of goods sold (exclusive of items shown separately below)	1,593,571	1,709,523	4,656,242	4,454,100
Store operating	126,914	130,286	383,084	389,370
General and administrative	25,166	25,052	73,190	81,449
Asset impairment	1,833	3,420	4,743	4,217
Depreciation and amortization	29,802	29,573	86,443	87,760
Total costs and operating expenses	2,094,053	2,208,018	6,096,127	5,883,907
Income from operations	43,072	51,751	66,136	75,378
Other expenses:
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0	2,539	0
Interest expense, net	19,732	21,776	61,282	65,314
Total other expenses	19,732	21,776	63,821	65,314
Income before income taxes	23,340	29,975	2,315	10,064
Income tax expense	8,525	11,023	87	3,578
Net income	$ 14,815	$ 18,952	$ 2,228	$ 6,486
Earnings per share:
Basic	$ 0.66	$ 0.84	$ 0.10	$ 0.29
Diluted	$ 0.65	$ 0.84	$ 0.10	$ 0.29