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Debt (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Private Placement Facilities
         
  Amount of     
  Borrowing Borrowing   
Date of Borrowing Outstanding Rate Due Date
September 2, 2010 $100,000 3.79% September 2, 2020
January 20, 2012  50,000 3.45  January 20, 2024
January 20, 2012 (1)  50,000 3.09  January 20, 2022
December 24, 2012  50,000 3.00  December 24, 2024
  $250,000     
         
         
(1) Annual repayments of approximately $7.1 million for this borrowing will commence on January 20, 2016.
Schedule of long-term debt
   December 28, December 29,
   2013 2012
Private placement facilities  $250,000 $250,000
U.S. trade accounts receivable securitization   160,000  -
Notes payable to banks at a weighted-average interest rate of 8.23%   73  11,352
Butler Schein Animal Health Supply notes payable to banks (net of discount of      
 $0 million and $0.7 million)   -  220,439
Various collateralized and uncollateralized loans payable with interest,      
 in varying installments through 2018 at interest rates ranging      
 from 2.4% to 5.41%   44,091  21,178
Capital lease obligations (see Note 17)   1,510  3,144
Total   455,674  506,113
Less current maturities   (5,441)  (17,992)
 Total long-term debt  $450,233 $488,121
        
Schedule of long-term debt maturities
 2014 $5,441 
 2015  3,223 
 2016  170,336 
 2017  17,801 
 2018  30,302 
 Thereafter  228,571 
  Total $455,674