Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting Percentage

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Period Until Expiration

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Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Basis Of Presentation Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2012	Jan. 01, 2012 Rate	Jan. 02, 2011 Rate
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting Percentage		50.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period		2 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Period Until Expiration	7 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value			$ 3.03
Risk-free interest rate			2.32%
Annual dividend yield			0.00%
Expected term			4 years 10 months
Expected volatility			53.00%
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting Percentage	20.00%
Corporate [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting Percentage			100.00%
Corporate [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting Percentage	25.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	4 years
Restaurant Employee [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting Percentage			100.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period		3 years
Director [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting Percentage	20.00%
Director [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	2 years
Director [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	5 years