Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 24, 2014

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Common Stock and Treasury Stock

	September 24, 2014	September 25, 2013
Common stock authorized ......................................................................................................	2,500,000	2,500,000
Common stock issued .............................................................................................................	2,142,202	1,797,941
Treasury stock held by the Company ..................................................................................	(76,636)	(77,159)
Outstanding shares ..........................................................................................................	2,065,566	1,720,782
Proportional ownership of the Company's common stock  in The Lion Fund, L.P. ......	(187,109)	(132,406)
Net outstanding shares for financial reporting purposes .................................................	1,878,457	1,588,376

Schedule of Weighted Average Number of Shares

	2014	2013	2012
Basic earnings per share:
Weighted average common shares	1,709,621	1,543,370	1,551,613
Diluted earnings per share:
Weighted average common shares	1,709,621	1,543,370	1,551,613
Dilutive effect of stock awards	3,154	3,295	3,793
Weighted average common and incremental shares	1,712,775	1,546,665	1,555,406
Number of share-based awards excluded from the calculation of earnings per share as the awards’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the Company’s common stock.	—	705	705

Summary of restaurant operations revenues

	2014	2013	2012
Net sales ...............................................................................................................	$      759,889	$      736,968	$      721,754
Franchise royalties and fees .................................................................................	15,032	11,741	9,631
Other ....................................................................................................................	3,234	3,210	2,520
	$      778,155	$      751,919	$      733,905