Business Combinations and Divestitures (Details Textuals)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2016 USD ($) bakery-cafes	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2015 USD ($) bakery-cafes
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Inventory, Current	$ 298,000		$ 738,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Property, Plant and Equipment, Current	14,842,000		26,462,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Goodwill	913,000		1,499,000
Assets held for sale	16,053,000		28,699,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Deferred Rent	1,029,000		2,410,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Asset Retirement Obligation	202,000		535,000
Liabilities associated with assets held for sale	1,231,000		$ 2,945,000
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Loss (Gain) on Write-down	0	$ 7,625,000
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use	905,000	3,836,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Other Expense	166,000	0
Proceeds from refranchising	0	3,218,000
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Business	0	(2,570,000)
Refranchising loss	$ 1,071,000	$ 8,891,000
Refranchised Cafe [Domain]
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of bakery cafe | bakery-cafes	75
Cafes recalssified as held and used [Member]
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of bakery cafe | bakery-cafes	20
Cafe Held for Sale [Member]
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of bakery cafe | bakery-cafes	15		35
Minimum [Member] | Refranchised Cafe [Domain]
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of bakery cafe | bakery-cafes	50
Maximum [Member] | Refranchised Cafe [Domain]
Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of bakery cafe | bakery-cafes	150