Acquisition of Peter Piper Pizza - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended													10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 15, 2014	Feb. 14, 2014	Jan. 01, 2017		Oct. 02, 2016	Jul. 03, 2016	Apr. 03, 2016	Jan. 03, 2016	[1]	Sep. 27, 2015		Jun. 28, 2015	[2]	Mar. 29, 2015	[2]	Dec. 28, 2014	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016	Dec. 28, 2014	Oct. 16, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill expected to be tax deductible			$ 300														$ 300
Acquisition related costs		$ 500														$ 33,600
Peter Piper Pizza [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition price	$ 113,100
Cash and cash equivalents										$ 5,267										$ 5,267
Total revenues																			$ 887,018
Successor [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total revenues		$ 718,581	$ 204,644	[1]	$ 228,070	$ 216,621	$ 274,318	$ 223,065		$ 221,937	[1]	$ 212,079		$ 265,508		$ 718,581	$ 923,653	$ 922,589
Successor [Member] | Peter Piper Pizza [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Translation and Purchase Accounting Adjustments																		231
Successor [Member] | Peter Piper Pizza [Member] | Additional PPP Goodwill recognized in Q1 2015 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Translation and Purchase Accounting Adjustments																		$ 432

[1] Our 2015 fiscal year consisted of 53 weeks. Each quarterly period has 13 weeks, except for the fourth quarterly period ended January 3, 2016 which has 14 weeks.

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