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Goodwill and other Intangible Assets Schedule of Asset Impairment Charges (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2015	Sep. 28, 2014	Sep. 29, 2013
Asset Impairment Charges [Line Items]
Impairment Of Goodwill And Other Assets (Including Equity Method Investments)	$ 0	$ 2,980,000	$ 171,094,000
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Impairment Losses	0	1,936,000	1,567,000
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived	0	0	169,041,000
Tangible Asset Impairment Charges	$ 0	$ 1,044,000	$ 486,000

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Asset Impairment Charges [Line Items]- Tabular disclosure of asset impairment charges, including goodwill, indefinite lived intangible asset, finite lived intangible asset, property, plant and equipment and equity method investments.

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Impairment of Goodwill and Other Assets (including Equity Method Investments)- Impairment charges related to goodwill, intangible assets (indefinited and finite lived), tangible property and including the other than temporary impairment of equity method investments.

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The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of a finite-lived intangible asset to fair value.

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-Publisher FASB
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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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The charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of tangible assets from their carrying value to their fair value.

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