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Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
6 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Dec. 29, 2010
sqft
Sep. 27, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Maturity period of Senior note 2023    
Redemption period of senior notes redeem all or a portion of the Notes at any time on or after June 15, 20    
Final maturity date of bonds Jan. 01, 2036    
Beginning of redemption period of bonds Jan. 01, 2014    
Description of interest rate on bonds interest rate on the Bonds is equal to one month LIBOR (adjusted monthly) plus a credit spread    
Principal amount $ 700,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount    
Interest rate of Senior note 5.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage    
Unused letters of credit issued 10,300,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount    
Total amount of bonds funded   99,700,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount  
Total area of new warehouse and distribution center   830,000us-gaap_AreaOfLand  
Annual amount of redemption of bonds 4,500,000imkta_MandatoryRedemptionOfBondsAnnualAmount    
Repayment of line of credit 52,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermLinesOfCredit    
Redemption of senior notes, date Jun. 15, 2018    
Maximum amount of unused letters of credit allowed to issue 30,000,000imkta_LetterOfCreditMaximumLimitAllowableForIssue    
Senior Notes, Interest Rate Of 5.75%, Maturing 2023 [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Amount of line of credit arrangement 175,000,000imkta_LineOfCreditEnteredForNotesOffering
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Line of credit outstanding 29,700,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding
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  29,900,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAmountOutstanding
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Senior Notes Maturing 2017 [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Maturity period of Senior note 2017    
Principal amount $ 575,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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