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Date the equity-based award expires, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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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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Note 16 Additional Information (Details) - shares	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Note 16 Additional Information (Details) - shares	Mar. 28, 2020	Oct. 03, 2020	Sep. 28, 2019	Sep. 29, 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted		1,340,000	1,843,000	1,102,000
Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting Period		1 year
Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting Period		4 years
Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted	304,500
Expiration Date		Dec. 31, 2022
Performance Shares \| Q1 FY20 grant [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Potential adjustments to PSUs		15.00%
Performance Shares \| Q1 FY20 grant [Member] \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
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