Parcels of Real Property Under Sale Leaseback Transaction

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease, classified as current.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Leases - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 28, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2007 parcel
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Long-term financing obligations	$ 32.2	$ 34.3
Current financing obligations	5.1
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Parcels of real property under sale leaseback transaction \| parcel			181
Long-term financing obligations	19.3
Current financing obligations	$ 1.5
IHOP
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term (in years)	5 years
Minimum \| IHOP
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract (in years)	20 years
Minimum \| Applebee's
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract (in years)	10 years
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term (in years)	5 years
Maximum \| IHOP
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract (in years)	25 years
Maximum \| Applebee's
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, operating lease, term of contract (in years)	20 years
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term (in years)	20 years