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Fair Value Measurements Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016	Dec. 29, 2013
Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	$ 5,335	$ 45,339
Non-current cost method investments	2,436	2,828
Guarantees of franchisee loans	280	851
Reported Value Measurement [Member] \| Series 2015-1 Class A-2-I Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	864,063	872,813
Reported Value Measurement [Member] \| Series 2015-1 Class A-2-II Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	888,750	897,750
Reported Value Measurement [Member] \| Series 2015-1 Class A-2-III Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	493,750	498,750
Reported Value Measurement [Member] \| Debentures, 7% [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	88,277	87,057
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	5,335	45,339
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Non-current cost method investments	326,283	249,870
Guarantees of franchisee loans	280	851
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] \| Series 2015-1 Class A-2-I Notes [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	857,349	849,106
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] \| Series 2015-1 Class A-2-II Notes [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	880,005	879,795
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] \| Series 2015-1 Class A-2-III Notes [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	474,543	484,648
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] \| Debentures, 7% [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 99,750	$ 100,500
Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc [Member] \| Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Non-current cost method investments			$ 0