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General (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 26, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2017 state
Nature of business [Abstract]
Excess Tax Benefit from Share-based Compensation, Operating Activities | $	$ 3.1
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company		1,769
Number of states in which rural lifestyle retail stores are operated by the company | state		49
TSCO stores [Domain]
Nature of business [Abstract]
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company		1,617
Petsense stores [Domain]
Nature of business [Abstract]
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company		152

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Amount of cash outflow for realized tax benefit related to deductible compensation cost reported on the entity's tax return for equity instruments in excess of the compensation cost for those instruments recognized for financial reporting purposes.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 20
-Section 55
-Paragraph 24
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65896087&loc=d3e11374-113907

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