ACCOUNTS AND NOTES RECEIVABLE, NET - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2024	Dec. 30, 2023
Receivables [Abstract]
Maximum cash investment in receivables	$ 110.0
Net receivables derecognized	95.1	$ 110.0
Proceeds from transfers of receivables to the purchaser	402.3	455.7
Payment to the purchaser	417.2	455.7
Pretax loss on sale	5.4	5.4
Deferred revenue	101.6	116.8
Deferred revenue, current	31.3	31.7
Deferred revenue recognized	$ 28.6	$ 27.3

Gross payments to purchaser for receivables collected by transferor.

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- Definition

Cash Investment Purchaser Allowed To Have In Transferors Receivables

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- Definition

Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to newly transferred assets related to either a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (d)(1)
-Publisher FASB
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- Definition

Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147479837/606-10-45-1

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 606
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147479806/606-10-50-8

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-Publisher FASB
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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable, classified as current.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 606
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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Amount of transferred financial assets in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction that have been derecognized. Continuing involvement includes, but is not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)(2)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147481326/860-20-50-4

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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 860
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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