Defined Contribution Plan, Maximum Annual Contributions Per Employee, Percent of Bonus

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Defined contribution plan, minimum age of eligible employees.

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Minimum required contribution for retirement plans

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Number Of Defined Benefit Pension Plans Sponsored

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Period of years in executive position

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit (cost) credit from irrevocable action relieving primary responsibility for benefit obligation and eliminating risk related to obligation and assets used to effect settlement.

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Amount of payment, which decreases plan assets of defined benefit plan, for irrevocable action relieving primary responsibility for benefit obligation and eliminating risk for obligation and assets used to effect settlement. Transaction constituting settlement includes, but is not limited to, making lump-sum cash payment to participant in exchange for their rights to receive specified benefits and purchasing nonparticipating annuity contract.

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

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Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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Retirement Plans (Narrative) (Details)		4 Months Ended	8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Retirement Plans (Narrative) (Details)	Jan. 01, 2016	Jan. 19, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2020 USD ($) defined_benefit_plan	Sep. 29, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of sponsored defined benefit pension plans \| defined_benefit_plan				2
Lump sum payments from qualified plan		$ 122,300,000
Pension settlement		$ 38,600,000	$ 600,000
Minimum required contribution for retirement plans			$ 0	$ 0
Qualified Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Lump sum payments from qualified plan				$ 124,253,000	$ 3,808,000
Qualified Defined Contribution Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Minimum age of eligible employees				21 years
Employer matching contribution, percent of match	100.00%
Employer matching contribution, percent of employees' gross pay	4.00%
Defined contribution plan, Company contributions				$ 1,600,000	1,700,000	$ 2,200,000
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer matching contribution, percent of employees' gross pay				4.00%
Defined contribution plan, Company contributions				$ 300,000	$ 200,000	$ 200,000
Maximum annual contributions per employee, percent				50.00%
Maximum annual contributions per employee, percent of bonus				85.00%
Period of years in executive position				10