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LEASES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2025
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Lease Expense and Supplemental Cash Flow Information | The following table presents components of lease expense (in thousands). Operating lease cost, finance lease amortization and finance lease interest are respectively included in Cost of sales, SG&A expense and Interest expense, net of capitalized interest in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
| Year Ended
| December 28, 2025 |  | December 29, 2024
Operating lease cost(a) | $ | 82,986 |  |  | $ | 86,684 |
Amortization of finance lease assets | 426 |  |  | 650 |
Interest on finance leases | 39 |  |  | 58 |
Short-term lease cost | 104,274 |  |  | 103,364 |
Variable lease cost | 2,315 |  |  | 2,577 |
Net lease cost | $ | 190,040 |  |  | $ | 193,333 |
(a)Sublease income is immaterial and not included in operating lease costs. Supplemental cash flow information related to leases is as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended
| December 28, 2025 |  | December 29, 2024
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |  |  |
Operating cash flows - operating leases | $ | 86,231 |  |  | $ | 84,806 |
Operating cash flows - finance leases | 43 |  |  | 40 |
Financing cash flows - finance leases | 540 |  |  | 616 |
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities | 77,973 |  |  | 66,060 |
Schedule of Weighted-Average Remaining Lease Term and Discount Rate and Lease Liabilities | The weighted-average remaining lease term and discount rate for lease liabilities included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows:
| December 28, 2025 |  | December 29, 2024
Weighted-average remaining lease term: |  |  |
Operating leases | 6.05 years |  | 6.11 years
Finance leases | 2.39 years |  | 3.35 years
Weighted-average discount rate: |  |  |
Operating leases | 5.09 | % |  | 4.53 | %
Finance leases | 2.90 | % |  | 2.66 | %
Lease liabilities are included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows (in thousands):
| December 28, 2025 |  | December 29, 2024
| Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases |  | Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | 59,630 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 63,327 |  |  | $ | — |
Current maturities of long-term debt | — |  |  | 585 |  |  | — |  |  | 536 |
Noncurrent operating lease liability, less current maturities | 199,315 |  |  | — |  |  | 195,944 |  |  | — |
Long-term debt, less current maturities | — |  |  | 804 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,256 |
Total lease liabilities | $ | 258,945 |  |  | $ | 1,389 |  |  | $ | 259,271 |  |  | $ | 1,792 |
Schedule of Future Minimum Operating Lease Payments | Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable leases as of December 28, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):
| Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases
For the fiscal years ending December: |  |  |
2026 | $ | 78,436 |  |  | $ | 617 |
2027 | 59,386 |  |  | 575 |
2028 | 44,698 |  |  | 248 |
2029 | 33,482 |  |  | — |
2030 | 21,380 |  |  | — |
Thereafter | 61,848 |  |  | — |
Total future minimum lease payments | 299,230 |  |  | 1,440 |
Less: imputed interest | (40,285) |  |  | (51) |
Present value of lease liabilities | $ | 258,945 |  |  | $ | 1,389 |
Schedule of Future Minimum Finance Lease Payments | Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable leases as of December 28, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):
| Operating Leases |  | Finance Leases
For the fiscal years ending December: |  |  |
2026 | $ | 78,436 |  |  | $ | 617 |
2027 | 59,386 |  |  | 575 |
2028 | 44,698 |  |  | 248 |
2029 | 33,482 |  |  | — |
2030 | 21,380 |  |  | — |
Thereafter | 61,848 |  |  | — |
Total future minimum lease payments | 299,230 |  |  | 1,440 |
Less: imputed interest | (40,285) |  |  | (51) |
Present value of lease liabilities | $ | 258,945 |  |  | $ | 1,389 |

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