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Investments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Investments maximum maturity period 5 years 5 years
Unrealized gains, net of unrealized losses, on the investments in the bond portfolio $ 163,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainLossBeforeTax $ 378,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainLossBeforeTax
Guarantee Payment Of Insurance Claims    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Letters of credit outstanding 63,761,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
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Current Investments    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Investments providing collateral for letters of credit to guarantee insurance claims 37,007,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral
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Non-Current Investments    
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]    
Investments providing collateral for letters of credit to guarantee insurance claims 33,839,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral
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Total non-current investments $ 66,462,000us-gaap_LongTermInvestments
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