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General (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) store state	Apr. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Nature of business [Abstract]
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company	1,872
Number of states in which rural lifestyle retail stores are operated by the company | state	49
Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment | $	$ 0	$ 0	$ 595
TSCO stores [Domain]
Nature of business [Abstract]
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company	1,700
Petsense stores [Domain]
Nature of business [Abstract]
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company	172

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