Notes outstanding related to the Company's Commercial Paper Program at the balance sheet date.

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The weighted average interest rate of notes outstanding relating to the Company's Commercial Paper Program at the balance sheet date.

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The maximum period during which the commercial paper note becomes due and is repaid to the investor and interest payments stop.

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Maximum amount of aggregate principal of commercial paper notes that the Company may issue.

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Reflects calculation as of the balance sheet date of the average interest rate weighted by the amount of short-term debt outstanding by type or by instrument at the time.

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Reflects the net positive or negative amount derived from subtracting from net proceeds of sale, the carrying amounts, net of allocated reserves, of accounts receivable transferred to a third party in a transaction that qualifies for sales treatment.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher AICPA

-Name Statement of Position (SOP)

-Number 01-6

-Paragraph 13

-Subparagraph d

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 50

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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-Section 02

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 10

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-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Financing Arrangements (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 25, 2011	Dec. 26, 2010	Dec. 27, 2009
Short-term borrowings [Abstract]
Weighted average interest rates of outstanding borrowings (in hundredths)	4.84%	5.79%
Commitment fee based on unused portion of line of credit facility (in hundredths)	0.225%
Interest rate under line of credit facility	Eurocurrency Rate plus 1.50%
Maximum aggregate principal amount of commercial paper notes issuable by the Company	$ 500,000
Maturities of the notes, maximum (in days)	397
Commercial paper program, notes outstanding	166,459
Commercial paper program, weighted average interest rate	1.79%
Securitization [Abstract]
Loss on sale of receivables			2,514
Unsecured Committed [Member]
Short-term borrowings [Abstract]
Line of credit facility, available borrowing capacity	500,000
Unsecured Uncommitted [Member]
Short-term borrowings [Abstract]
Line of credit facility, available borrowing capacity	$ 133,200