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Employee and Director Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 02, 2021 | Dec. 28, 2019 | Dec. 29, 2018
Contributions to plan |  |  |
Contributions to defined contribution plans | $ 27,152 | $ 25,269 | $ 25,731

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- Definition Amount of cost for defined contribution plan. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 70 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942 + Details
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