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Introduction and Basis of Presentation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 26, 2012
Introduction and Basis of Presentation [Abstract] |
Entity and franchise unit activity | Denny's Corporation, or Denny's, is one of America's largest full-service restaurant chains. The following table shows the unit activity for the quarter and three quarters ended September 26, 2012 and September 28, 2011, respectively:
|  | Quarter Ended |  |  | Three Quarters Ended |
|  | September 26, 2012 |  |  | September 28, 2011 |  |  | September 26, 2012 |  |  | September 28, 2011 |
Company-owned restaurants, beginning of period |  |  | 177 |  |  |  | 225 |  |  |  | 206 |  |  |  | 232 |
Units opened |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8 |
Units sold to franchisees |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (28 | ) |  |  | (13 | )
Units closed |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | (4 | )
End of period |  |  | 171 |  |  |  | 223 |  |  |  | 171 |  |  |  | 223 |
Franchised and licensed restaurants, beginning of period |  |  | 1,507 |  |  |  | 1,452 |  |  |  | 1,479 |  |  |  | 1,426 |
Units opened |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 27 |  |  |  | 39 |
Units relocated |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Units purchased from Company |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 28 |  |  |  | 13 |
Units closed (including units relocated) |  |  | (8 | ) |  |  | (10 | ) |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | (25 | )
End of period |  |  | 1,516 |  |  |  | 1,454 |  |  |  | 1,516 |  |  |  | 1,454 |
Total restaurants, end of period |  |  | 1,687 |  |  |  | 1,677 |  |  |  | 1,687 |  |  |  | 1,677 |

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