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Impairments, Disposals and Exit Costs Impairments and Disposals (Roy's - Text) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2015	Dec. 28, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jan. 26, 2015
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss on disposal of Roy's	$ (1,182)	$ (770)	$ 0
Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges	28,154	37,071	19,761
Roy's divestiture [Member] \| Disposal group, disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal group, Roy's, consideration				$ 10,000
Roy's divestiture [Member] \| Disposal group, disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations [Member] \| Other (expense) income, net [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss on disposal of Roy's	900
Indemnification agreement [Member] \| Roy's divestiture [Member] \| Disposal group, disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Maximum				$ 5,000
U.S. Segment [Member] \| Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges	$ 27,408	13,822	$ 19,761
U.S. Segment [Member] \| Roy's divestiture [Member] \| Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges		13,400
U.S. Segment [Member] \| Roy's divestiture [Member] \| Disposal group, disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations [Member] \| Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges		$ 13,400