The income tax rate used to estimate the fair value of an indefinite lived intangible asset.

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Represents the number of reportable segments into which the formerly separately reported segments were combined.

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The royalty rate used in the relief from royalty method to estimate the fair value of an indefinite lived intangible asset.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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Total loss recognized during the period from the impairment of goodwill plus the loss recognized in the period resulting from the impairment of the carrying amount of intangible assets, other than goodwill.

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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (b)

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2013	Sep. 29, 2012	Sep. 24, 2011	Sep. 28, 2013 Minimum	Sep. 28, 2013 Maximum	Sep. 28, 2013 Domestic	May 08, 2013 Domestic segment	Sep. 28, 2013 Canada	Sep. 28, 2013 Trade names Canada	Sep. 29, 2012 Trade names Canada
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
Indefinite-lived intangible assets									$ 97,740	$ 102,381
Number of domestic segments into which SCBU and KBU were combined							1
Royalty rate	3.00%
Income tax rate						38.00%		27.50%
Discount rate				13.00%	14.00%
Impairment of goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible assets	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0