Stock-Based Compensation - Assumptions Used for Valuation (Details) - MSUs - Monte Carlo simulation	6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016
Valuation Assumptions
Volatility of common stock (as a percent)	35.00%	33.00%
Average volatility of peer companies (as a percent)	54.70%	52.60%
Average correlation coefficient of peer companies	0.1856	0.0887
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent)	0.80%	0.80%

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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The assumption of average volatility of peer companies that is used in valuing an option or stock unit on its own shares.

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The assumption of average correlation coefficient of peer companies that is used in valuing an option or stock unit on its own shares.

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