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Payments Under Long Term Incentive Plan Based on Total Shareholder Return During Year

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Stock-Based Awards - Other Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2019	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 25, 2011
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 12.9	$ 13.0	$ 14.8
Length of performance measurement period for long-term incentive compensation (in years)	3 years
Payments under long term incentive plan based on total shareholder return during year	$ 2.0	$ 3.0	$ 3.0
Unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvested portion of our stock-based awards	$ 16.0
Weighted average years to be recognized over	1 year 4 months 24 days
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (shares)	0	0	0
2010 Incentive Plan \| Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Award term	10 years
2004 Directors' Plan \| Non-Employee Director Stock Options \| Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period				1 year
Award term				10 years
Granted (shares)	0	0	0
Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of target number of performance awards granted	0.00%
Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of target number of performance awards granted	200.00%