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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS (Details) $ in Thousands, $ in Millions											6 Months Ended
	Apr. 29, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 19, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 12, 2021 USD ($) employee state	Mar. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2021 AUD ($)	Dec. 28, 2020 USD ($) facility	Nov. 10, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) location	Jul. 14, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 26, 2021 USD ($)
Business Acquisition
Aggregate acquisitions' net sales											$ 698,200
Aggregate acquisitions' operating profit											$ 28,900
Endurable Building Products \| Construction
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price	$ 12,243
Percentage of assets purchased (as a percent)	100.00%
Intangible Assets	$ 9,234
Net Tangible Assets	3,009
Acquired entity, prior year sales	$ 15,000
Walnut Hollow Farm, Inc. \| Retail
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price		$ 9,549
Percentage of assets purchased (as a percent)		100.00%
Intangible Assets		$ 2,526
Net Tangible Assets		7,023
Acquired entity, prior year sales		$ 11,600
Spartanburg Forest Products, Inc. \| Retail
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price			$ 153,426
Percentage of assets purchased (as a percent)			100.00%
Net Tangible Assets			$ 153,426
Acquired entity, prior year sales			$ 543,000
Number of Employees \| employee			150
Number of states in which the entity operates \| state			5
J. C. Gilmore Pty Ltd \| All Other
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price				$ 4,724
Percentage of assets purchased (as a percent)				100.00%
Intangible Assets				$ 4,264
Net Tangible Assets				460
Acquired entity, prior year sales				$ 10,000	$ 15
PalletOne \| Industrial
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price						$ 258,770
Percentage of stock purchase (as a percent)						100.00%
Intangible Assets						$ 82,546
Net Tangible Assets						176,224
Acquired entity, prior year sales						525,000
Acquired entity, trailing 12-months sales						$ 698,000
Number of pallet manufacturing facilities \| facility						17
Number of pressure-treating facilities \| facility						5
Atlantic Prefab, Inc., Exterior Designs, LLC and Patriot Building Systems, LLC \| Construction
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price							$ 27,274
Percentage of assets purchased (as a percent)							100.00%
Intangible Assets							$ 17,894
Net Tangible Assets							9,380
Acquired entity, prior year sales							$ 28,000
FRCT \| Retail
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price								$ 7,936
Percentage of assets purchased (as a percent)								100.00%
Intangible Assets								$ 7,222
Net Tangible Assets								714
Acquired entity, prior year sales								$ 6,400
Enwrap \| All Other
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price									$ 4,465
Percentage of stock purchase (as a percent)									50.00%
Number of plant locations \| location									8
Intangible Assets									$ 4,607
Net Tangible Assets									(142)
Acquired entity, prior year sales									$ 14,000
T&R Lumber Company \| Industrial
Business Acquisition
Purchase Price										$ 19,136
Percentage of assets purchased (as a percent)										100.00%
Intangible Assets										$ 13,098
Net Tangible Assets										6,038
Acquired entity, prior year sales										$ 31,000