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Income Taxes - Earnings Before Income Taxes and Equity Earnings (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 03, 2015 | Dec. 28, 2013 | Dec. 29, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Earnings before income taxes and equity earnings | $ 630.9 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments | $ 526.2 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments | $ 460.2 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
United States [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Earnings before income taxes and equity earnings | 481.1 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember | 406.7 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember | 365.2 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
Foreign [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Earnings before income taxes and equity earnings | $ 149.8 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember | $ 119.5 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember | $ 95.0 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis = us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember

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- Definition Sum of operating profit and nonoperating income or expense before Income or Loss from equity method investments, income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)(1)(i)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 + Details
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