Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flow of ARAMARK Corporation and Subsidiaries (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2012	Jul. 01, 2011
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$ 190,408,000	$ (46,548,000)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(226,725,000)	(191,979,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	8,094,000	12,411,000
Proceeds from divestiture	4,457,000	7,724,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	(151,317,000)	(156,915,000)
Other Investing Activities	2,124,000	(12,926,000)
Net cash used in investing activities	(363,367,000)	(341,685,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	391,797,000	243,704,000
Payments of long-term borrowings	(279,079,000)	(27,225,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	27,395,000	210,820,000
Dividends paid to Parent Company	0	(132,700,000)
Proceeds from sale of noncontrolling interest	0	48,420,000
Advance to Parent Company	(53,720,000)	0
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	5,805,000	4,037,000
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	(20,762,000)	(15,081,000)
Other financing activities	(10,826,000)	(9,730,000)
Change in intercompany, net	0	0
Net cash provided by financing activities	60,610,000	322,245,000
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(112,349,000)	(65,988,000)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	213,323,000	160,929,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	100,974,000	94,941,000
Less: Cash and cash equivalents included in assets held for sale	0	659,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	100,974,000	94,282,000
ARAMARK Corporation
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	56,200,000	67,300,000
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(9,500,000)	(7,600,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	900,000	900,000
Proceeds from divestiture	0	0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	0	0
Other Investing Activities	1,000,000	600,000
Net cash used in investing activities	(7,600,000)	(6,100,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	326,000,000	214,300,000
Payments of long-term borrowings	(250,500,000)	(5,500,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	0	0
Dividends paid to Parent Company		(132,700,000)
Proceeds from sale of noncontrolling interest		48,400,000
Advance to Parent Company	(53,700,000)
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	5,800,000	4,000,000
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	(20,800,000)	(15,100,000)
Other financing activities	(6,800,000)	(7,000,000)
Change in intercompany, net	(167,500,000)	(223,600,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities	(167,500,000)	(117,200,000)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(118,900,000)	(56,000,000)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	137,400,000	79,400,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	18,500,000	23,400,000
Less: Cash and cash equivalents included in assets held for sale		0
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	18,500,000	23,400,000
Guarantors
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	34,000,000	35,600,000
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(154,600,000)	(139,000,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	3,000,000	7,200,000
Proceeds from divestiture	300,000	0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	(138,700,000)	(156,900,000)
Other Investing Activities	(1,000,000)	(12,200,000)
Net cash used in investing activities	(291,000,000)	(300,900,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	(300,000)	100,000
Payments of long-term borrowings	(8,900,000)	(10,000,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	0	0
Dividends paid to Parent Company		0
Proceeds from sale of noncontrolling interest		0
Advance to Parent Company	0
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Other financing activities	(2,900,000)	(2,700,000)
Change in intercompany, net	297,700,000	279,300,000
Net cash provided by financing activities	285,600,000	266,700,000
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	28,600,000	1,400,000
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	32,200,000	33,000,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	60,800,000	34,400,000
Less: Cash and cash equivalents included in assets held for sale		700,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	46,400,000	33,700,000
Non-Guarantors
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	105,600,000	(144,300,000)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(62,600,000)	(45,400,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	4,200,000	4,300,000
Proceeds from divestiture	4,200,000	7,700,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	(12,600,000)	0
Other Investing Activities	2,100,000	(1,300,000)
Net cash used in investing activities	(64,700,000)	(34,700,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	66,100,000	29,300,000
Payments of long-term borrowings	(19,700,000)	(11,700,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	27,400,000	210,800,000
Dividends paid to Parent Company		0
Proceeds from sale of noncontrolling interest		0
Advance to Parent Company	0
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Other financing activities	(1,100,000)	0
Change in intercompany, net	(135,600,000)	(60,800,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities	(62,900,000)	167,600,000
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(22,000,000)	(11,400,000)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	43,700,000	48,500,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	21,700,000	37,100,000
Less: Cash and cash equivalents included in assets held for sale		0
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	36,100,000	37,100,000
Eliminations
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(5,400,000)	(5,100,000)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	0	0
Disposals of property and equipment	0	0
Proceeds from divestiture	0	0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	0	0
Other Investing Activities	0	0
Net cash used in investing activities	0	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	0	0
Payments of long-term borrowings	0	0
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	0	0
Dividends paid to Parent Company		0
Proceeds from sale of noncontrolling interest		0
Advance to Parent Company	0
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Other financing activities	0	0
Change in intercompany, net	5,400,000	5,100,000
Net cash provided by financing activities	5,400,000	5,100,000
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	0	0
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	0	0
Less: Cash and cash equivalents included in assets held for sale		0
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 0	$ 0