Acquisitions and Purchase Accounting (Details)			12 Months Ended			17 Months Ended
	Jul. 14, 2014 USD ($) fee_owned_property BusinessUnit	Jun. 19, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2015 USD ($) restaurant renewal	Dec. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) restaurant	Dec. 29, 2015 USD ($) fee_owned_property restaurant renewal	Dec. 27, 2013 restaurant	Dec. 09, 2013 USD ($) restaurant	Jul. 29, 2013 USD ($) restaurant	Jul. 22, 2013 USD ($) restaurant
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Issuance of debt		$ 40,000,000	$ 0	$ 40,000,000	$ 0
Purchase of assets for sale-leaseback			$ 0	$ 1,736,000	0
Term Loan Debt
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Issuance of debt		$ 40,000,000.0
Wendy's
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Number of restaurants acquired	56							54		22
Number fee owned properties acquired | fee_owned_property	20
Total purchase price	$ 56,841,000				$ 55,922,000			$ 31,200,000	$ 11,100,000	$ 10,400,000
Number of properties sold | fee_owned_property						13
Number of fee owned properties acquired | fee_owned_property	11
Number of formerly leased properties acquired | fee_owned_property						2
Purchase of assets for sale-leaseback						$ 1,700,000
Proceeds from sale-leaseback transactions						$ 24,200,000
Number of lease option terms available | renewal			4			4
Number of restaurants under development | restaurant			2		24	2	1
Purchase price of additional restaurants					$ 3,200,000
Number of restaurants | restaurant									13
Wendy's | Franchise rights
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired franchise rights, weighted average amortization period	16 years				18 years
Wendy's | Term Loan Debt
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Issuance of debt	$ 40,000,000
Sale leaseback term						20 years
Operating leases, renewal term						5 years