Debt instrument debt default percentage.

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- Definition

Line of Credit facility commitment fee charges, amount of threshold limit.

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- Definition

Line Of Credit Facility Expiration Month And Year

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- Definition

Line of credit facility incremental borrowing capacity.

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- Definition

Number of outstanding letters of credit.

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- Definition

Amount of outstanding long-term debt or borrowing associated with any securities or credit agreement for which there has been a default in principal, interest, sinking fund, or redemption provisions, or any breach of covenant that existed at the end of the period and subsequently has not been cured.

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-Section S99
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- Definition

Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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- Definition

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

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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- Definition

The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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- Definition

The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)	Dec. 28, 2019 USD ($) LetterOfCredit	Dec. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2006 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of letters of credit outstanding \| LetterOfCredit	2
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity		$ 100,000,000.0	$ 30,000,000.0
Expiration date of credit facility		2022-12
Line of credit facility, unused fee amount of threshold limit		$ 30,000,000
Line of credit facility unused fee percentage		0.10%
Interest rate of credit facility	2.45%
Credit facility default percentage	2.00%
Credit facility default amount	$ 0
Borrowings under credit facility	0
Amount available under credit facility, net of letters of credit	99,200,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility incremental borrowing capacity		$ 100,000,000.0
Letters of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings under credit facility	$ 800,000
LIBOR Market Index Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
LIBOR basis points		1.25%
LIBOR Market Index Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
LIBOR basis points		0.65%
LIBOR Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
LIBOR basis points	0.65%
LIBOR Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
LIBOR basis points		1.25%
LIBOR Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
LIBOR basis points		0.65%