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Earnings Per Share (Narrative) (Details) shares in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 03, 2020 Classes shares | Sep. 28, 2019 shares | Sep. 29, 2018 shares
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items] |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount | 2 | 1 |
Cash Dividends, Paid Ratio To Other Class Of Stock, Maximum | 90.00% |  |
Number of classes of common stock | Classes | 2 |  |
Class A [Member] |  |  |
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items] |  |  |
Undistributed earnings (losses), ratio used to calculate allocation to class of stock | 1 |  |
Class B [Member] |  |  |
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items] |  |  |
Undistributed earnings (losses), ratio used to calculate allocation to class of stock | 0.9 |  |
Stock-based compensation [Member] |  |  |
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Line Items] |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount | 1 | 1 | 1

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- Definition Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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