Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets of ARAMARK Corporation and Subsidiaries (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 28, 2012	Sep. 28, 2012	Dec. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$ 128,894,000	$ 136,689,000	$ 121,909,000	$ 213,323,000
Receivables	1,386,355,000	1,315,997,000
Inventories, at lower of cost or market	510,766,000	508,416,000
Prepayments and other current assets	203,294,000	200,070,000
Total current assets	2,229,309,000	2,161,172,000
Property and Equipment, net	969,728,000	1,000,579,000
Goodwill	4,630,554,000	4,729,474,000
Investment in and Advance to Subsidiaries	0	0
Other Intangible Assets	1,541,475,000	1,595,149,000
Other Assets	962,275,000	989,948,000
Assets	10,333,341,000	10,476,322,000
Liabilities and Equity:
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	59,426,000	37,462,000
Accounts payable	712,702,000	873,345,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	1,053,269,000	1,231,705,000
Total current liabilities	1,825,397,000	2,142,512,000
Long-Term Borrowings	5,692,268,000	5,375,819,000
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities	1,178,608,000	1,207,585,000
Intercompany Payable	0	0
Common Stock Subject to Repurchase and other	167,095,000	177,926,000
Total equity	1,469,973,000	1,572,480,000	1,509,328,000	1,476,963,000
Liabilities and Equity	10,333,341,000	10,476,322,000
ARAMARK Corporation
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	28,900,000	27,400,000	23,000,000	137,400,000
Receivables	4,300,000	2,700,000
Inventories, at lower of cost or market	15,600,000	15,900,000
Prepayments and other current assets	16,800,000	5,200,000
Total current assets	65,600,000	51,200,000
Property and Equipment, net	32,800,000	33,800,000
Goodwill	173,100,000	173,100,000
Investment in and Advance to Subsidiaries	6,960,100,000	6,578,200,000
Other Intangible Assets	39,600,000	42,000,000
Other Assets	58,600,000	64,200,000
Assets	7,329,800,000	6,942,500,000
Liabilities and Equity:
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	0	700,000
Accounts payable	152,200,000	148,600,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	195,400,000	146,100,000
Total current liabilities	347,600,000	295,400,000
Long-Term Borrowings	4,998,200,000	4,586,000,000
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities	357,300,000	355,000,000
Intercompany Payable	0	0
Common Stock Subject to Repurchase and other	156,700,000	167,500,000
Total equity	1,470,000,000	1,538,600,000
Liabilities and Equity	7,329,800,000	6,942,500,000
Guarantors
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	39,500,000	41,600,000	48,400,000	32,200,000
Receivables	234,500,000	221,300,000
Inventories, at lower of cost or market	404,300,000	405,600,000
Prepayments and other current assets	119,800,000	122,500,000
Total current assets	798,100,000	791,000,000
Property and Equipment, net	724,200,000	764,100,000
Goodwill	3,765,400,000	3,765,400,000
Investment in and Advance to Subsidiaries	421,000,000	389,900,000
Other Intangible Assets	1,267,600,000	1,300,000,000
Other Assets	608,300,000	602,700,000
Assets	7,584,600,000	7,613,100,000
Liabilities and Equity:
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	11,100,000	11,300,000
Accounts payable	292,500,000	376,000,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	584,500,000	788,800,000
Total current liabilities	888,100,000	1,176,100,000
Long-Term Borrowings	35,400,000	38,300,000
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities	627,600,000	644,200,000
Intercompany Payable	5,513,300,000	5,301,800,000
Common Stock Subject to Repurchase and other	0	0
Total equity	520,200,000	452,700,000
Liabilities and Equity	7,584,600,000	7,613,100,000
Non-Guarantors
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	60,500,000	67,700,000	50,500,000	43,700,000
Receivables	1,147,600,000	1,092,000,000
Inventories, at lower of cost or market	90,800,000	86,900,000
Prepayments and other current assets	66,700,000	72,400,000
Total current assets	1,365,600,000	1,319,000,000
Property and Equipment, net	212,700,000	202,700,000
Goodwill	692,000,000	791,000,000
Investment in and Advance to Subsidiaries	141,400,000	139,200,000
Other Intangible Assets	234,300,000	253,100,000
Other Assets	297,400,000	325,000,000
Assets	2,943,400,000	3,030,000,000
Liabilities and Equity:
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	48,300,000	25,500,000
Accounts payable	268,000,000	348,700,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	273,300,000	296,700,000
Total current liabilities	589,600,000	670,900,000
Long-Term Borrowings	658,600,000	751,500,000
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities	193,700,000	208,500,000
Intercompany Payable	1,299,000,000	1,072,400,000
Common Stock Subject to Repurchase and other	10,400,000	10,400,000
Total equity	192,100,000	316,300,000
Liabilities and Equity	2,943,400,000	3,030,000,000
Eliminations
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	0	0	0	0
Receivables	0	0
Inventories, at lower of cost or market	0	0
Prepayments and other current assets	0	0
Total current assets	0	0
Property and Equipment, net	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Investment in and Advance to Subsidiaries	(7,522,500,000)	(7,107,300,000)
Other Intangible Assets	0	0
Other Assets	(2,000,000)	(2,000,000)
Assets	(7,524,500,000)	(7,109,300,000)
Liabilities and Equity:
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	0	0
Accounts payable	0	0
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	100,000	100,000
Total current liabilities	100,000	100,000
Long-Term Borrowings	0	0
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Noncurrent Liabilities	0	0
Intercompany Payable	(6,812,300,000)	(6,374,200,000)
Common Stock Subject to Repurchase and other	0	0
Total equity	(712,300,000)	(735,200,000)
Liabilities and Equity	$ (7,524,500,000)	$ (7,109,300,000)