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Assets Held for Sale	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2012
Assets Held for Sale [Abstract]
Assets Held for Sale	Note 4.     Assets Held for Sale Assets held for sale of $3.8 million and $2.4 million as of March 28, 2012 and December 28, 2011, respectively, include restaurants and real estate to be sold to franchisees. We expect to sell each of these assets within 12 months. Our credit facility as of March 28, 2012 (as described in Note 8) required us to make mandatory prepayments to reduce outstanding indebtedness with the net cash proceeds from the sale of restaurant assets and restaurant operations to franchisees, net of a $20.0 million annual exclusion. As of March 28, 2012 and December 28, 2011, no reclassification of long-term debt to current liabilities was necessary pursuant to this requirement.   As a result of classifying certain assets as held for sale, we recognized impairment charges of $0.1 million for the quarter ended March 28, 2012. This expense is included as a component of operating (gains), losses and other charges, net in our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. There were no impairment charges recognized related to assets held for sale for the quarter ended March 30, 2011.

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Disclosure of long lived assets held for sale. Disclosure may include the description of the facts and circumstances leading to the expected disposal, manner and timing of disposal, the carrying value of the assets held for sale, the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss).

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