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Goodwill and other Intangible Assets Schedule of Asset Impairment Charges (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 25, 2016	Sep. 27, 2015	Sep. 28, 2014
Asset Impairment Charges [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible and other assets	$ 2,185	$ 0	$ 2,980
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets, Impairment Losses	818	0	1,936
Tangible Asset Impairment Charges	$ 1,367	$ 0	$ 1,044

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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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Subtotal of charges during the period from the impairment of assets including goodwill, indefinite lived intangible assets, finite lived intangible assets and tangible property. This excludes the other than tempororaty impairment of equity method investments.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
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-Section 50
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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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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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