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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011 2003 through 2006 IRS Settlement [Member]	Sep. 26, 2009 2003 through 2006 IRS Settlement [Member]	Jul. 02, 2011 2003 through 2006 IRS Settlement [Member]	Jul. 03, 2010 2003 through 2006 IRS Settlement [Member]
Date of settlement				first quarter of fiscal 2010
Internal revenue service audit period				2003 through 2006
Period of years for tax settlement payments				3 years
IRS tax settlement payments made					$ 212,000,000	$ 528,000,000
IRS tax settlement payments to be made in current fiscal year			212,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits	72,900,000
Liability recorded for interest and penalities related to unrecognized tax benefits	34,500,000
Effective income tax rate	36.90%	37.28%
Increase (reduction) in income tax expense related to a foreign tax liability	(3,600,000)
(Gain) loss recorded to adjust the carrying value of corporate-owned life insurance policies to their cash surrender values		(13,500,000)
(Reduction) increase in income tax expense related to the amount recorded to adjust the carrying value of corporate-owned life insurance policies to their cash surrender values		$ (5,200,000)