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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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The compensation expense recognized during the period pertaining to the deferred compensation arrangement.

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Description of the deferred compensation arrangement, including fixed amounts and determinable awards, or the method for determining payments and awards, the timing of such payments and awards, and any requisite service or performance criteria, as of the balance sheet date.

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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for all deferred compensation arrangements. Represents currently earned compensation under compensation arrangements that is not actually paid until a later date.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based awards, other than options, awarded to employees as compensation.

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General descriptive information regarding an arrangement under which employees and directors receive: (a) awards of equity shares, equity share options, or other equity instruments; or (b) the entity incurs liabilities to them: (1) in amounts based, at least in part, on the price of the entity's shares or other equity instruments; or (2) that require or may require settlement by issuance of the entity's shares. Such an arrangement is usually provided to employees and directors to compensate them, provide performance incentives to them, and to attract or retain their services. May also include pertinent information particular to a plan that is not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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Description of pertinent provisions of equity-based compensation awards that have actual or potential impact upon the company's financial statements.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Unit-Based Compensation Arrangements - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Sep. 29, 2018
Distribution Equivalent Rights Plan [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense	$ 264	$ 201	$ 520	$ 408
Distribution Equivalent Rights Plan, terms			On January 17, 2017, the Partnership adopted the Distribution Equivalent Rights Plan (the “DER Plan”), which gives the Compensation Committee of the Partnership’s Board of Supervisors discretion to award distribution equivalent rights (“DERs”) to executive officers of the Partnership. Once awarded, DERs entitle the grantee to a cash payment each time the Board of Supervisors declares a cash distribution on the Partnership’s Common Units, which cash payment will be equal to an amount calculated by multiplying the number of unvested restricted units which are held by the grantee on the record date of the distribution, by the amount of the declared distribution per Common Unit.
2009 Restricted Unit Plan [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total number of Common Units authorized for issuance (in units)	2,400,000		2,400,000
Restricted Unit Plans, terms of award			Unless otherwise stipulated by the Compensation Committee of the Partnership’s Board of Supervisors on or before the grant date, all currently outstanding restricted unit awards will vest 33.33% on each of the first three anniversaries of the award grant date. The Restricted Unit Plans participants are not eligible to receive quarterly distributions on, or vote, their respective restricted units until vested. Restricted units cannot be sold or transferred prior to vesting. The value of the restricted unit is established by the market price of the Common Unit on the date of grant, net of estimated future distributions during the vesting period. Restricted units are subject to forfeiture in certain circumstances as defined in the Restricted Unit Plans documents. Compensation expense for the unvested awards is recognized ratably over the vesting periods and is net of estimated forfeitures.
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awards Granted			617,768
Aggregate grant date fair value of restricted units awarded			$ 11,203
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 7,616		$ 7,616
Weighted-average recognition period of compensation cost			1 year
Compensation expense	$ 3,554	2,498	$ 6,575	5,147
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total number of Common Units authorized for issuance (in units)	1,800,000		1,800,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Vesting each of the first three anniversaries of the award grant date [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted unit awards vesting percentage			33.33%
Long-Term Incentive Plan [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Long-Term Incentive Plan, terms of award			The LTIP is a non-qualified, unfunded, long-term incentive plan for executive officers and key employees that provides for payment, in the form of cash, of an award of equity-based compensation at the end of a three-year performance period.
Measurement period of average distribution coverage ratio			3 years
Compensation expense	$ 1,361	$ 492	$ 3,199	$ 2,124
Liability included within accrued employment and benefit costs (or other liabilities, as applicable) related to estimated future payments under the LTIP	$ 8,015		$ 8,015		$ 4,817