Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flow of ARAMARK Corporation and Subsidiaries (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2012	Dec. 30, 2011
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$ (172,060,000)	$ (107,065,000)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(75,421,000)	(76,530,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	4,222,000	2,154,000
Proceeds from divestiture	136,000	4,207,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	(11,671,000)	(157,727,000)
Other Investing Activities	4,013,000	269,000
Net cash used in investing activities	(78,721,000)	(227,627,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	963,654,000	257,106,000
Payments of long-term borrowings	(658,917,000)	(9,966,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	36,200,000	24,095,000
Advance to Parent Company	(26,879,000)	(27,744,000)
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	3,246,000	4,424,000
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	(15,573,000)	(4,037,000)
Distribution in connection with spin-off of Seamless Holdings	(47,352,000)	0
Other financing activities	(11,393,000)	(600,000)
Change in intercompany, net	0	0
Net cash provided by financing activities	242,986,000	243,278,000
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(7,795,000)	(91,414,000)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	136,689,000	213,323,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	128,894,000	121,909,000
ARAMARK Corporation
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	70,200,000	33,500,000
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(2,000,000)	(2,900,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	0	400,000
Proceeds from divestiture	0	0
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	0	0
Other Investing Activities	100,000	400,000
Net cash used in investing activities	(1,900,000)	(2,100,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	893,400,000	200,000,000
Payments of long-term borrowings	(475,600,000)	(200,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	0	0
Advance to Parent Company	(26,900,000)	(27,700,000)
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	3,200,000	4,500,000
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	(15,600,000)	(4,000,000)
Distribution in connection with spin-off of Seamless Holdings	(47,300,000)
Other financing activities	(10,500,000)	1,200,000
Change in intercompany, net	(387,500,000)	(319,600,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities	(66,800,000)	(145,800,000)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	1,500,000	(114,400,000)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	27,400,000	137,400,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	28,900,000	23,000,000
Guarantors
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(178,100,000)	(177,100,000)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(59,700,000)	(51,300,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	1,600,000	700,000
Proceeds from divestiture	100,000	100,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	(4,000,000)	(145,600,000)
Other Investing Activities	3,500,000	(700,000)
Net cash used in investing activities	(58,500,000)	(196,800,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	0	0
Payments of long-term borrowings	(3,100,000)	(2,400,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	0	0
Advance to Parent Company	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Distribution in connection with spin-off of Seamless Holdings	0
Other financing activities	(700,000)	(1,600,000)
Change in intercompany, net	238,300,000	394,100,000
Net cash provided by financing activities	234,500,000	390,100,000
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(2,100,000)	16,200,000
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	41,600,000	32,200,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	39,500,000	48,400,000
Non-Guarantors
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(62,800,000)	37,900,000
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment and client contract investments and other	(13,700,000)	(22,300,000)
Disposals of property and equipment	2,600,000	1,000,000
Proceeds from divestiture	0	4,200,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	(7,600,000)	(12,200,000)
Other Investing Activities	400,000	600,000
Net cash used in investing activities	(18,300,000)	(28,700,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
Proceeds from long-term borrowings	70,300,000	57,100,000
Payments of long-term borrowings	(180,200,000)	(7,400,000)
Net change in funding under the Receivables Facility	36,200,000	24,100,000
Advance to Parent Company	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Distribution in connection with spin-off of Seamless Holdings	0
Other financing activities	(200,000)	(300,000)
Change in intercompany, net	147,800,000	(75,900,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities	73,900,000	(2,400,000)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(7,200,000)	6,800,000
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	67,700,000	43,700,000
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	60,500,000	50,500,000
Eliminations
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	(1,400,000)	(1,400,000)
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
Advance to Parent Company	0	0
Proceeds from issuance of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Repurchase of Parent Company common stock	0	0
Distribution in connection with spin-off of Seamless Holdings	0
Other financing activities	0	0
Change in intercompany, net	1,400,000	1,400,000
Net cash provided by financing activities	1,400,000	1,400,000
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