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Disclosures About Defined Pension Benefit Obligations (Defined Contribution Plans) (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2015 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]
Cash contributions made during the first nine months of fiscal 2015	$ 34,645
Cash contributions we expect to make during the remainder of fiscal 2015	9,967
Total	$ 44,612

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The amount of cash or cash equivalents contributed by the entity to fund its pension plans.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef



-Publisher FASB



-Name Accounting Standards Codification



-Topic 230



-SubTopic 10



-Section 45



-Paragraph 25



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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=31042434&loc=d3e3536-108585

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