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Significant Accounting Policies (Details) |  | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 28, 2019 USD ($) store state | Dec. 29, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Nature of business |  |  |  |
Number of states in which rural lifestyle retail stores are operated by the company | state |  | 49 |  |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Effect of Adoption, Quantification |  | $ 2,084,880,000 | $ 0 | $ 0
Adoption of ASU 2017-12 |  | 700,000 |  |
Reclassification of stranded tax effects (ASU 2018-02) |  | 0 | 0 | 595,000
Self insurance reserves [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Workers compensation and general liability deductible |  | 500,000 |  |
Self-insurance reserves | $ 60,500,000 | 64,600,000 | 60,500,000 |
Impairment of long-lived assets |  |  |  |
Impairment charges |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Goodwill and other intangible assets |  |  |  |
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment |  | 0 | 0 | 0
Revenue recognition and sales returns |  |  |  |
Reserve for sales returns | 11,300,000 | 11,900,000 |  |
Revenue Recognition Gift Card |  | 3,000,000.0 | 2,600,000 | 2,400,000
Advertising costs |  |  |  |
Advertising expenses |  | 86,600,000 | 83,400,000 | 81,300,000
Prepaid advertising costs | 1,300,000 | 600,000 | 1,300,000 |
Warehousing and distribution costs |  |  |  |
Distribution center costs |  | 231,500,000 | 209,700,000 | 182,100,000
Preopening costs |  |  |  |
Preopening costs |  | $ 8,100,000 | 8,500,000 | $ 10,800,000
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  |  |
Minimum processing time for payments due from banks for customer credit card transactions |  | 24 |  |
Maximum processing time for payments due from banks for customer credit card transactions |  | 48 |  |
Fair value disclosures |  |  |  |
Senior Credit Facility amount outstanding | 408,800,000 | $ 397,500,000 | 408,800,000 |
Derivative, Fair Value, Net | 5,800,000 | 300,000 | 5,800,000 |
Property and equipment |  |  |  |
Cost of option to purchase the real property |  | 1 |  |
Furniture and Fixtures, Gross | 645,702,000 | 729,272,000 | 645,702,000 |
Computer software and hardware, gross | 349,500,000 | 440,222,000 | 349,500,000 |
Construction in Progress, Gross | 130,812,000 | 39,110,000 | 130,812,000 |
Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Property, Plant, and Equipment | 1,203,084,000 | 1,387,535,000 | 1,203,084,000 |
Buildings and Improvements, Gross | 1,110,767,000 | 1,242,544,000 | 1,110,767,000 |
Land | 100,767,000 | 100,343,000 | 100,767,000 |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross, Total | 2,337,548,000 | 2,551,491,000 | 2,337,548,000 |
Property and equipment, net | $ 1,134,464,000 | $ 1,163,956,000 | $ 1,134,464,000 |
Parent Company [Member] |  |  |  |
Nature of business |  |  |  |
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company | store |  | 2,024 |  |
Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |  |
Nature of business |  |  |  |
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company | store |  | 1,844 |  |
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |  |
Nature of business |  |  |  |
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company | store |  | 180 |  |
Franklin, KY DC |  |  |  |
Property and equipment |  |  |  |
Industrial Revenue Bond, Maturity Date |  | 30 years |  |
Maximum Principal Amount of Bond Authorized |  | $ 54,000,000.0 |  |
Net Bond Proceeds Issued |  | $ 51,800,000 |  |
Macon, GA DC |  |  |  |
Property and equipment |  |  |  |
Industrial Revenue Bond, Maturity Date |  | 15 years |  |
Maximum Principal Amount of Bond Authorized |  | $ 58,000,000.0 |  |
Net Bond Proceeds Issued |  | $ 49,900,000 |  |
Brentwood, TN SSC |  |  |  |
Property and equipment |  |  |  |
Industrial Revenue Bond, Maturity Date |  | 10 years |  |
Maximum Principal Amount of Bond Authorized |  | $ 78,000,000.0 |  |
Net Bond Proceeds Issued |  | $ 75,300,000 |  |
Building | Minimum |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life |  | 30 years |  |
Building | Maximum |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life |  | 35 years |  |
Leaseholds and Building Improvements | Minimum |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life |  | 1 year |  |
Leaseholds and Building Improvements | Maximum |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life |  | 35 years |  |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | Minimum |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life |  | 5 years |  |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | Maximum |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life |  | 10 years |  |
Computer software and hardware | Minimum |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life |  | 2 years |  |
Computer software and hardware | Maximum |  |  |  |
Property and Equipment |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, useful life |  | 7 years |  |
TEXAS |  |  |  |
Self insurance reserves [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Workers compensation and general liability deductible |  | $ 500,000 |  |

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