Sale Leaseback Transaction, Annual Rent Increase, Percentage

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Annual Rent Payments, Initial Year

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Lease Renewal Term

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Number Of Assets Sold

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Sale Leaseback Transaction, Number Of Renewal Options

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount, before tax, of (gain) loss recognized for the (reversal of write-down) write-down to fair value, less cost to sell, of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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This element represents the cash inflow during the period from the sale of a component of the entity.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale and leaseback transaction from transfer of asset accounted for as sale.

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Lease term for sale and leaseback transaction, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of franchises sold during the period when there are significant changes in franchisor-owned outlets or franchised outlets during the period.

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Divestitures (Details) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Divestitures (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) franchise	Aug. 02, 2024 USD ($) renewal_option asset	Sep. 29, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 24, 2023 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on sale-leaseback			$ 41,300	$ 41,300
Proceeds from dispositions				49,012	$ 0
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Remeasurement loss on transfer to held for sale			1,500	$ 5,500
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Subsequent Event
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Purchase price for sale of assets	$ 2,600
Number of franchises sold \| franchise	15
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Domestic QC Centers
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of QC centers sold in sale-leaseback \| asset		2
Purchase price for sale of assets		$ 46,700
Sale-leaseback lease term		17 years
Number of renewal options for sale-leaseback \| renewal_option		2
Sale-leaseback lease renewal term		5 years
Percentage annual increase in rent for sale-leaseback		2.75%
Gain on sale-leaseback			41,300
Proceeds from dispositions			$ 46,700
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Domestic QC Centers \| Texas QC Center
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Annual rent payments for the first year of sale-leaseback		$ 2,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Domestic QC Centers \| Florida QC Center
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Annual rent payments for the first year of sale-leaseback		$ 1,000