Common Stock Repurchases - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 26, 2016	Dec. 26, 2015
Four Zero One K Plan [Member]
Shares Repurchases [Line Items]
Repurchase and cancellation of shares	7,460	33,430
Common stock repurchased, average price	$ 48.23	$ 48.14
Repurchase and cancellation of shares, value	$ 400,000	$ 1,600,000
Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Shares Repurchases [Line Items]
Repurchase and cancellation of shares	207,166	747,700
Common stock repurchased, average price	$ 46.46	$ 47.77
Repurchase and cancellation of shares, value	$ 9,600,000	$ 35,700,000
Share repurchase program shares authorized to be repurchased	$ 150,000,000
Share repurchase program expiration date	Dec. 31, 2016

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Number of shares that have been repurchased and retired during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 04
-Article 3

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 29, 30
-Article 5

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