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Debt (Tables) | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012
1st Lien Agreement [Member] |  |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |  |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 2013 payments made under the 1 st Lien Agreement, and required to be made for the remainder of the year, are summarized as follows:
|  | 13 Weeks Ended |  | 13 Weeks Ending |
| (Thousands of Dollars) | December 30 2012 |  | March 31 2013 |  | June 30 2013 |  | September 29 2013 |
| Mandatory | 2,500 |  | 2,500 |  | 3,000 |  | 3,000 |
| Voluntary | 9,750 |  | 15,350 |  | — |  | — |
| Asset sales | 7,750 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
| Excess cash flow | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |
|  | 20,000 |  | 17,850 |  | 3,000 |  | 3,000 |
| 2012 payments made under the 1st Lien Agreement are summarized as follows:
|  |  | 13 Weeks Ended |  | 14 Weeks Ended |
| (Thousands of Dollars) |  | March 25 2012 |  | June 24 2012 |  | September 30 2012 |
| Mandatory |  | — |  | 2,500 |  | 2,500 |
| Voluntary |  | 12,600 |  | 3,850 |  | 3,000 |
| Asset sales |  | 2,410 |  | 150 |  | 650 |
| Excess cash flow |  | — |  | — |  | — |
|  |  | 15,010 |  | 6,500 |  | 6,150 |
Pulitzer Notes [Member] |  |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |  |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 013 payments made under the Pulitzer Notes are summarized below. No payments are required to be made for the remainder of the year under the New Pulitzer Notes.
|  | 13 Weeks Ended |  | 13 Weeks Ending |
| (Thousands of Dollars) | December 30 2012 |  | March 31 2013 |  | June 30 2013 |  | September 29 2013 |
| Mandatory | 3,800 |  | 2,600 |  | — |  | — |
| Voluntary | — |  | 1,500 |  | — |  | — |
| Asset sales | 5,200 |  | 1,900 |  | — |  | — |
| Excess cash flow | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |
|  | 9,000 |  | 6,000 |  | — |  | — |
2 2012 payments made under the Pulitzer Notes are summarized as follows:
|  |  | 13 Weeks Ended |  | 14 Weeks Ended |
| (Thousands of Dollars) | December 25 2011 |  | March 25 2012 |  | June 24 2012 |  | September 30 2012 |
| Prior to refinancing | 500 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
| Pursuant to the Plan, net | 10,145 |  | 1,500 |  | — |  | — |
| Mandatory | — |  | 1,400 |  | — |  | — |
| Voluntary | — |  | 8,955 |  | 3,000 |  | 4,000 |
| Asset sales | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |
| Excess cash flow | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |
|  | 10,645 |  | 11,855 |  | 3,000 |  | 4,000 |

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