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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details Narrative) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2012 N | Oct. 01, 2011
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Details Narrative |  |
Number of units operated | 24 |
Number of units franchised | 5 |
Federally insured limits | $ 250,000 |
Preopening costs | 107,000 |
Advertising costs | 531,000 | 318,000
Full risk exposure amount per occurrence | 50,000 |
Full risk exposure amount per occurrence, limited partnerships | 10,000 |
Full risk exposure amount per occurrence, insurance carrier coverage | 1,000,000 |
Full risk exposure amount per occurrence, maximum aggregate from insurance carrier | 2,000,000 |
Full risk exposure amount per occurrence, excess insurance carrier coverage | 6,000,000 |
Uninsured amount in excess of per occurrence | $ 7,000,000 |

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- Definition Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 720 -SubTopic 35 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6420018&loc=d3e36677-107848 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 93-7 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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