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Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 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 |  | 2,260 |  | — |
| Asset sales | 7,750 |  | — |  | 240 |  | — |
| Excess cash flow | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |
|  | 20,000 |  | 17,850 |  | 5,500 |  | 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] | 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 2012 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 |
013 payments made under the New Pulitzer Notes and 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 |  | 14,000 |  | — |
| Asset sales | 5,200 |  | 1,900 |  | — |  | — |
| Excess cash flow | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |
|  | 9,000 |  | 6,000 |  | 14,000 |  | — |
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