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Segment Reporting (Details) - segment |  | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 24, 2016 | Sep. 24, 2016 | Sep. 26, 2015 | Sep. 24, 2016 | Sep. 26, 2015
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of operating segments | 1 |  |  |  |
Average percentage of sales (in hundredths) |  | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00%
Livestock and Pet |  |  |  |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Average percentage of sales (in hundredths) |  | 48.00% | 46.00% | 47.00% | 45.00%
Hardware, Tools and Truck |  |  |  |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Average percentage of sales (in hundredths) |  | 23.00% | 23.00% | 22.00% | 22.00%
Seasonal, Gift and Toy Products |  |  |  |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Average percentage of sales (in hundredths) |  | 18.00% | 19.00% | 20.00% | 21.00%
Clothing and Footwear |  |  |  |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Average percentage of sales (in hundredths) |  | 6.00% | 6.00% | 6.00% | 7.00%
Agriculture |  |  |  |  |
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Average percentage of sales (in hundredths) |  | 5.00% | 6.00% | 5.00% | 5.00%

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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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