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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Summary of Weighted Average Amortization Period for Amortizable Intangible Assets (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2015
Non-compete agreements [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life	6 years
Favorable leases [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life	16 years 8 months 12 days
Customer lists [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life	7 years 2 months 12 days
Customer relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life	20 years
Trade Name [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life	7 years
Franchise fees and other [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted Average Useful Life	8 years 7 months 6 days

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- Definition

Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (a)(3)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16265-109275

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