Common Stock Repurchases - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015	Dec. 27, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015
Shares Repurchases [Line Items]
Repurchase and cancellation of shares	13,180	61,830
Common stock repurchased, average price	$ 46.29	$ 50.71
Repurchase and cancellation of shares, value	$ 600,000	$ 3,100,000
Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Shares Repurchases [Line Items]
Repurchase and cancellation of shares	13,700	855,600
Common stock repurchased, average price	$ 45.41	$ 47.20
Repurchase and cancellation of shares, value	600,000	40,400,000
Share repurchase program, remaining authorized amount	59,000,000
Share Repurchase Program [Member] \| Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Shares Repurchases [Line Items]
Share repurchase program shares authorized to be repurchased			$ 100,000,000

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Number 210

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