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Deferred Compensation Plan - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 24, 2022	Sep. 25, 2021	Sep. 26, 2020
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Deferred Compensation Liability, Current and Noncurrent	$ 61,800,000	$ 76,100,000
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Maximum employee contributions from base salary, percentage	75.00%
Maximum employee contributions from annual bonus, percentage	100.00%
Employee contributions vested, percentage	100.00%
Compensation expense for the DCP discretionary contributions	$ 4,000,000	3,200,000	$ 3,100,000
Investment in group life insurance contracts	$ 49,200,000	$ 64,300,000
Percent vested annually	33.33%
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan [Member] | One Third Annually [Member]
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Postretirement Benefits [Line Items]
Contributions, vesting period, years	3 years

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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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