Long Term Debt and Other Borrowings - Term Loan Agreement Narrative (Detail) - Senior unsecured term loan facility - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
May 13, 2016	Jun. 25, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan issuance costs on extinguishment of debt		$ 3,700,000
Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 1,530,000,000
3-Year Tranche
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 1,005,000,000
Debt term	3 years
5-Year Tranche
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 525,000,000
Debt term	5 years

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 55
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930739&loc=d3e28878-108400

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.8)
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