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General (Details) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2018 USD ($) store state | Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) | Dec. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Nature of business [Abstract] |  |  |
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company | 1,929 |  |
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 | 1,748 |  |
Petsense stores [Domain] |  |  |
Nature of business [Abstract] |  |  |
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company | 181 |  |

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