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Leases (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2019
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block] | Prior to the adoption of the new lease accounting standard, undiscounted future minimum rents payable as of December 31, 2018 under non-cancelable leases with initial terms exceeding one year were as follows (in thousands):
2019 |  | $ | 28,417 |
2020 |  |  | 23,424 |
2021 |  |  | 16,032 |
2022 |  |  | 11,816 |
2023 and thereafter |  |  | 23,269 |
Total future minimum lease payments |  | $ | 102,958 |
Schedule Of Supplemental Balance Sheet Information Related To Operating Leases [Table Text Block] | The Company’s right-of-use lease assets and lease liabilities included in the consolidated balance sheets are classified as follows (in thousands):
|  | Financial Statement Classification |  |  | March 30, 2019 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property operating lease assets |  |  | Operating lease assets |  |  | $ | 64,439 |
Automobile operating lease assets |  |  | Operating lease assets |  |  |  | 27,573 |
Equipment operating lease assets |  |  | Operating lease assets |  |  |  | 2,668 |
Total lease assets |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 94,680 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current operating lease liabilities |  |  | Current operating lease liabilities |  |  | $ | 26,926 |
Long-term operating lease liabilities |  |  | Long-term operating lease liabilities |  |  |  | 67,788 |
Total lease liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 94,714 |
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity [Table Text Block] | Undiscounted future minimum rents payable as of March 30, 2019 under non-cancelable leases with initial terms exceeding one year reconcile to lease liabilities included in the consolidated balance sheet as follows (in thousands):
2019 (remaining 9 months) |  | $ | 22,145 |
2020 |  |  | 25,541 |
2021 |  |  | 16,426 |
2022 |  |  | 11,579 |
2023 |  |  | 6,039 |
2024 and thereafter |  |  | 23,816 |
Total future minimum lease payments |  |  | 105,546 |
Less: amount of lease payments representing interest |  |  | (10,832 | )
Present value of future minimum lease payments |  |  | 94,714 |
Less: current operating lease liabilities |  |  | (26,926 | )
Long-term operating lease liabilities |  | $ | 67,788 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918701-209980 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77902758&loc=d3e41502-112717 + Details
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