Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Schedule of Contingent Consideration) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Jun. 24, 2017	Mar. 25, 2017
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value (in thousands)	$ 646	$ 4,695
Tranche B - 30 month earn out period
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Maximum Value if Milestones Achieved (in thousands)	$ 5,000
Estimated Discount Rate (%)	7.70%
Fair Value (in thousands)	$ 646

For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connect with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the maximum amount of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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- Definition

Fair value portion of accrued expenses.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.20)
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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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- Definition

Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (bbb)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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