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Other debt
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Term loan due October 2024, variable rate of 1.35% at January 2, 2022 and 1.150% at January 3, 2021, swapped to a Euro fixed rate of 0.612% \| Term loans
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Interest rate	0.612%	0.612%
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Long-term debt gross	$ 450,000,000.0				0
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Long-term debt, weighted average interest rate	1.20%	1.20%			1.05%
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