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Recapitalizations And Financing Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail)			3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Oct. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares	Oct. 21, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 14, 2015	Dec. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 07, 2014	Jan. 03, 2016 USD ($) Renewals	Dec. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 27, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 23, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 06, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2012 USD ($)
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Share repurchase program, authorized amount											$ 200,000,000
Stock repurchase program, remaining amount						$ 200,000,000				$ 200,000,000
Payment to counterparty						738,557,000	$ 82,407,000	$ 97,132,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2016						59,333,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2017						38,886,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2018						38,917,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2019						878,821,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2020						488,396,000
Letters of credit						46,200,000
Interest expense						99,537,000	86,881,000	88,872,000
Other net 2015 Recapitalization-related general and administrative expenses						$ 900,000
ASR Agreement on October 30 2015 [Member] \| Counterparty [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accelerated share repurchase, agreement amount									$ 600,000,000
Accelerated share repurchase, share amount \| shares	4,858,994
2012 Fixed Rate Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Date all make-whole interest obligations cease						2017-07
2012 Variable Funding Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable Funding Notes				$ 0		$ 0	0
2015 Class Five-Year Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Date all make-whole interest obligations cease						2018-04
2015 Variable Funding Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable Funding Notes				$ 0		$ 0	0
2015 Recapitalization [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount		$ 1,300,000,000
Share repurchase program, authorized amount	$ 800,000,000									800,000,000
Share repurchase program period						2 years
Debt issuance costs						$ 17,400,000
Company wrote-off In connection with the Recapitalization						6,900,000
Recapitalization expenses						8,100,000
Interest expense						400,000
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| ASR Agreement on October 30 2015 [Member] \| Counterparty [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payment to counterparty	$ 600,000,000
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Share repurchase program, authorized amount										$ 800,000,000
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2012 Fixed Rate Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt						551,000,000
Payments of note						7,900,000
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2012 Variable Funding Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable Funding Notes						0
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2015 Class Five-Year Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount		$ 500,000,000				$ 500,000,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage		3.484%
Debt instrument, term		5 years
Expected repayment date						2020-10
Fair value of notes outstanding						$ 489,500,000
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2015 Ten-Year Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount		$ 800,000,000				$ 800,000,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage		4.474%
Debt instrument, term		10 years
Expected repayment date						2025-10
Debt instrument redemption percentage						101.00%
Date all make-whole interest obligations cease						2022-10
Fair value of notes outstanding						$ 781,600,000
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2015 Variable Funding Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable funding notes						$ 125,000,000
Expected repayment date						2020-10
Debt instrument interest rate description						Interest on the 2015 Variable Funding Notes will be payable at a per year rate equal to LIBOR plus 219 basis points.
Interest rate spread						5.00%
Number of renewals \| Renewals						2
Term of renewals						1 year
Letters of credit						$ 46,200,000
Line of Credit, Current Borrowing Capacity						$ 78,800,000
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2015 Variable Funding Notes [Member] \| Libor Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate spread						2.19%
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2015 Variable Funding Notes [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable fund notes, unused portion, commitment fee percentage						1.00%
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2015 Variable Funding Notes [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable fund notes, unused portion, commitment fee percentage						0.50%
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2015 Variable Funding Notes [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable funding notes		$ 125,000,000
2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2015 Fixed Rate Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, stated percentage						5.00%
Gross proceeds from the issuance of debt		$ 1,300,000,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2016						$ 13,000,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2017						13,000,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2018						13,000,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2019						13,000,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2020						488,000,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2021						8,000,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2022						8,000,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2023						8,000,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2024						8,000,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2025						$ 728,000,000
Legal final maturity						2045-10
Series 2012-1 5.216% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage ratio of total debt to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation amortization			4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
Series 2012-1 5.216% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes [Member] \| 2012 Fixed Rate Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage ratio of total debt to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation amortization						5.0
Series 2012-1 5.216% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes [Member] \| 5.261% Class A-2 Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount												$ 1,575,000,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage												5.216%
2012 Recapitalization [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of debt						$ 551,000,000
Debt issuance costs						39,900,000
Company wrote-off In connection with the Recapitalization						6,900,000	200,000	$ 500,000
2012 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2012 Fixed Rate Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount				$ 1,522,000,000		962,700,000	1,522,000,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2016						46,100,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2017						25,600,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2018						25,600,000
Scheduled principal payments in year 2019						$ 865,400,000
Legal final maturity						2042-01
Expected repayment date						2019-01
Fair value of notes outstanding				$ 1,597,000		$ 991,600,000	$ 1,597,000
2012 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2012 Variable Funding Notes [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable funding notes												$ 100,000,000
Series 2012-1 Variable Funding Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable funding notes						$ 100,000,000
Class A-2-I Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs, amortization period						5 years
Class A-2-I Notes [Member] \| 2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2015 Fixed Rate Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs, amortization period						5 years
Class A-2-II Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs, amortization period						10 years
Class A-2-II Notes [Member] \| 2015 Recapitalization [Member] \| 2015 Fixed Rate Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs, amortization period						10 years