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Debt Schedule Of Debt Payments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 24, 2012
Pulitzer Notes [Member] |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 2012 payments made under the Pulitzer Notes, and required to be made for the remainder of the fiscal year, are summarized as follows:
|  | 13 Weeks Ended |  | 14 Weeks Ending |
| (Thousands of Dollars) | March 25 2012 |  | June 24 2012 |  | September 30 2012 |
| Mandatory | 6,400 |  | — |  | — |
| Voluntary | 8,955 |  | 3,000 |  | — |
| Asset sales | — |  | — |  | — |
| Excess cash flow | — |  | — |  | — |
|  | 15,355 |  | 3,000 |  | — |
1st Lien Agreement [Member] |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 2012 payments made under the 1 st Lien Agreement, and required to be made for the remainder of the fiscal year, are summarized as follows:
|  | 13 Weeks Ended |  | 14 Weeks Ending |
| (Thousands of Dollars) | March 25 2012 |  | June 24 2012 |  | September 30 2012 |
| Mandatory | — |  | 2,500 |  | 2,500 |
| Voluntary | 12,600 |  | 3,850 |  | — |
| Asset sales | 2,410 |  | 150 |  | — |
| Excess cash flow | — |  | — |  | — |
|  | 15,010 |  | 6,500 |  | 2,500 |

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