Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of Other Intangible Assets (Detail) - Successor - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 03, 2017	Dec. 29, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 29,826	$ 30,104
Accumulated Amortization	(5,044)	(1,731)
Net	24,782	28,373
Favorable lease assets
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	14,176	14,207
Accumulated Amortization	(2,996)	(1,020)
Net	11,180	13,187
Franchise rights
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	15,489	15,897
Accumulated Amortization	(2,038)	(711)
Net	13,451	15,186
Reacquired franchise rights
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	161	0
Accumulated Amortization	(10)	0
Net	$ 151	$ 0

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275

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