Stock-Based Compensation and Other Stock Plans - Performance Awards Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Performance Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Weighted average contractual term (in years)	3 years
Maximum stock percentage to be awarded	100.00%
Performance period for awards granted (in years)	3 years
Weighted-average grant date fair value granted (in dollars per share)	$ 161.18	$ 168.70	$ 138.83
Shares vested (in shares)	32,154	50,316	61,149
Performance awards shares paid out	50,182	60,980	94,186
Unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested award	$ 10.6
Cost expected to be recognized over weighted-average period (in years)	1 year 9 months 18 days
Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Performance period for awards granted (in years)	1 year
Awards granted vesting period (in years)	2 years
Shares granted (in shares)	33,170	13,648	45,502

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Performance awards shares paid out.

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Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, equity instruments other than options, grants performance period.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award equity instruments other than options grants vesting period.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award equity instruments other than options weighted average contractual term.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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