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Contingencies (Details 2) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  |  | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2013 cases restaurants violations States plaintiffs | Dec. 31, 2013 Franchise Loan Pool Guarantees [Member] | Dec. 28, 2013 Franchise Loan Pool Guarantees [Member] | Dec. 28, 2013 Franchise Lending Program Guarantees | Dec. 28, 2013 Guarantee of Indebtedness of Others | Dec. 28, 2013 Guarantee of Indebtedness of Others Franchise Loan Pool Guarantees [Member] | Dec. 28, 2013 Guarantee of Indebtedness of Others Unconsolidated Affiliate Guarantees
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total Amount Under Revised Franchisee Loan Pool Available For Lending |  | $ 50,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Loss contingency, amount of guarantee |  |  |  | 100,000,000 |  | 35,000,000 |
AmountFranchiseLoanPoolReduced |  | 20.00% |  |  |  |  |
Maximum revised franchise loan pool guarantee |  | 10,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Total loans outstanding |  |  |  | 44,000,000 |  | 38,000,000 |
Additional amount under the franchisee loan pool available for lending |  |  |  |  |  | 42,000,000 |
Total Amount Under Franchisee Loan Pool Available For Lending |  |  | 80,000,000 |  |  |  |
Outstanding guarantees of lines of credit and loans for unconsolidated affiliates |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |
Total revenues of unconsolidated affiliates |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,100,000,000
Total assets of unconsolidated affiliates |  |  |  |  |  |  | 365,000,000
Total debt of unconsolidated affiliates |  |  |  |  |  |  | 85,000,000
Number of class actions filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the company and certain of its executive officers | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |
Proposed number of classes concerning meals and rest breaks at Taco Bell in California Supreme Court for which plaintiffs sought certification | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of company-owned restaurants that may be in the class | 200 |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum statutory damages per offense under Unruh Act | 4,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum statutory damages per offense under California Disabled Persons Act | $ 1,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of individuals contended by plaintiffs that may be in the class | 100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of accessibility laws that Taco Bell was in violation of | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of restaurants to be subject of trial on ADA claims | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of alleged violations of ADA and state law tried | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |
Moeller v. Taco Bell, Number of individual plaintiffs' state law damages claims | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of states that assert state-law class action claims | 16 |  |  |  |  |  |
Mark Smith v. Pizza Hut, Inc. - final number of opt-ins, expected approximate | 6,000 |  |  |  |  |  |

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