Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 25, 2011

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Summary of income tax expense

	Fiscal Years Ended
	December 25, 2011			December 26, 2010		December 20, 2009
Current:
Federal	$	35		$	35	$	322
State/territory		(235	)		95		195
Total current		(200	)		130		517
Deferred:
Federal		—			—		10,359
State/territory		326			194		(303	)
Total deferred		326			194		10,056
Income tax expense	$	126		$	324	$	10,573

Summary of difference between the income tax expense (benefit) and the amounts computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rates to earnings before income taxes

	Fiscal Years Ended
	December 25, 2011			December 26, 2010			December 20, 2009
Income tax benefit at statutory rates:	$	(18,574	)	$	(11,554	)	$	(4,787	)
State/territory, net of federal income tax benefit (excluding valuation allowance)		716			(3	)		186
Qualifying shipping income		4,615			(2,978	)		658
Fines and penalties		(1,908	)		11,168			42
Goodwill impairment		38,197			—			—
Cancellation of debt		5,553			—			—
Gain on change in value of debt conversion features		(14,413	)		—			—
Valuation allowance		(16,007	)		2,338			13,871
Other Items		1,947			1,353			603
Income tax expense	$	126		$	324		$	10,573

Components of deferred tax assets and liabilities

	December 25, 2011			December 26, 2010
Deferred tax assets:
Leases	$	11,489		$	8,407
Convertible note hedge		—			1,360
Allowance for doubtful accounts		1,321			1,329
Net operating losses, AMT carry forwards, and state credit carry forwards		32,735			35,735
Post-retirement benefits		9,231			1,639
Other		11,521			12,424
Valuation allowances		(8,392	)		(16,919	)
Total deferred tax assets		57,905			43,975
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation		(24,784	)		(17,294	)
Capital construction fund		(7,334	)		(14,791	)
Intangibles		(9,575	)		(11,556	)
Debt conversion features		(13,816	)		—
Other		(2,490	)		(2,034	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(57,999	)		(45,675	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(94	)	$	(1,700	)

Reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits

	2011		2010		2009
Beginning balance	$	13,596	$	12,531	$	8,989
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year		860		840		409
Additions for tax positions of prior years		924		225		5,793
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		—		—		(2,660	)
Ending balance	$	15,380	$	13,596	$	12,531