Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		4 Months Ended
		Jan. 21, 2018	Jan. 22, 2017
Revenues:
Company restaurant sales		$ 169,637	$ 238,571
Franchise rental revenues		77,217	71,436
Franchise royalties and other		47,609	43,174
Revenues		294,463	353,181
Company restaurant costs (excluding depreciation and amortization):
Food and packaging		48,864	67,989
Payroll and employee benefits		48,940	70,183
Occupancy and other		27,750	38,941
Total company restaurant costs		125,554	177,113
Franchise occupancy expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)		46,521	42,190
Franchise support and other costs		2,482	2,537
Selling, general and administrative expenses		34,625	40,772
Depreciation and amortization		19,157	21,263
Impairment and other charges, net		2,257	2,654
Gains on the sale of company-operated restaurants		(8,940)	(137)
Total operating costs and expenses		221,656	286,392
Earnings from operations		72,807	66,789
Interest expense, net		12,780	10,409
Earnings from continuing operations and before income taxes		60,027	56,380
Income taxes		47,138	21,831
Earnings from continuing operations		12,889	34,549
Losses from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit		(699)	1,381
Net earnings		$ 12,190	$ 35,930
Net earnings per share - basic:
Earnings from continuing operations		$ 0.44	$ 1.07
(Losses) earnings from discontinued operations		(0.02)	0.04
Net earnings per share	[1]	0.41	1.12
Net earnings per share - diluted:
Earnings from continuing operations		0.43	1.06
(Losses) earnings from discontinued operations		(0.02)	0.04
Net earnings per share	[1]	$ 0.41	$ 1.11
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)		29,551	32,168
Diluted (in shares)		29,853	32,442
Cash dividends declared per common share		$ 0.40	$ 0.40

[1] (1)Earnings per share may not add due to rounding.