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Consolidated Financial Statement Details (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Other Current Liabilities [Abstract]      
Accrued discounts and allowances $ 45,300,000mli_AccruedDiscountsAndAllowancesLiabilityCurrent $ 43,200,000mli_AccruedDiscountsAndAllowancesLiabilityCurrent  
Other Income (Expense), Net [Abstract]      
Gain on the sale of non-operating property 0us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfProperty 3,000,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfProperty 0us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfProperty
Interest income 573,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest 906,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest 847,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest
Environmental expense, non-operating properties (822,000)mli_EnvironmentalExpenseNonOperatingProperties (823,000)mli_EnvironmentalExpenseNonOperatingProperties (1,128,000)mli_EnvironmentalExpenseNonOperatingProperties
Other 6,000us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncome 1,368,000us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncome 820,000us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncome
Other income, net $ (243,000)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense $ 4,451,000us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense $ 539,000us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense