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Related Party Transaction, Fee As Percentage Of Earning Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation And Amortization

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Related Party Transaction, Ownership Percentage Threshold Terminating Milestone Payment

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Represents the purchase by the parent of an additional equity interest in a subsidiary during the period, thereby effecting a change in total (consolidated) equity attributable to the parent. The purchase of the additional equity interest represented by this element increases the parent's controlling interest in the subsidiary.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of obligations due all related parties.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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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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Related party transactions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2018	Sep. 28, 2019	Mar. 30, 2019	Sep. 29, 2018	Sep. 28, 2019	Sep. 29, 2018	Dec. 29, 2018	Jul. 03, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Dividends received from equity method investees		$ 0		$ 0	$ 0	$ 400,000
Effects of change in ownership interest			$ 15,000,000
Blackstone, The Sponsor \| Former transaction and monitoring fee agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, fee as a percentage of EBITDA								1.00%
Related party transaction, expenses incurred		1,100,000		$ 1,900,000	4,900,000	$ 5,900,000
Blackstone, The Sponsor \| New monitoring fee agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, ownership percentage threshold which terminates milestone payment	5.00%
Related party transaction, fair value of equity threshold which terminates milestone payment	$ 25,000,000
Blackstone, The Sponsor \| Support and services agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, ownership percentage threshold which terminates milestone payment	5.00%
Related party transaction, fair value of equity threshold which terminates milestone payment	$ 25,000,000
Blackstone, The Sponsor \| Underwriting fees
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, expenses incurred	$ 3,200,000
Equity method investees
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payables to related parties		$ 200,000			$ 200,000		$ 100,000