Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) On Plan Assets, Percentage

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Defined Benefit Plan, Number Of Plans

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Defined Benefits, Average Remaining Life Expectancy Of Plan Participants

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Amount of increase (decrease) in net periodic benefit cost from effect of change in substantive term of existing defined benefit plan or initiation of new defined benefit plan.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
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Amount of cost (reversal of cost) for pension benefits. Excludes other postretirement benefits.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Event (Details) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
Subsequent Event (Details) $ in Millions	Jan. 03, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2020 numberOfPlans	Dec. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2019 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Pension cost (reversal of cost)				$ 1.3
Qualified Plan \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of plans \| numberOfPlans		2
Retirement Plan, Inactive Participants \| Qualified Plan \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of plans \| numberOfPlans		1
Average remaining life expectancy of plan participants		17 years 8 months 12 days
Retirement Plan, Active Participants \| Qualified Plan \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of plans \| numberOfPlans		1
Scenario, Forecast \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Expected decrease in cost			$ 3.9
Pension cost (reversal of cost)			$ (2.6)
Scenario, Forecast \| Retirement Plan, Inactive Participants \| Qualified Plan \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Expected return on plan assets			6.71%
Scenario, Forecast \| Retirement Plan, Active Participants \| Qualified Plan \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Expected return on plan assets			7.80%
Oak Gate Technology Inc \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash paid	$ 28.0