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Debt - U.S. Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 5 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Jun. 01, 2016 | Jul. 06, 2017 | Jul. 01, 2017 | Jun. 25, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Apr. 17, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of Long-term Debt |  |  | $ 59,184 | $ 7,921 |  |
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, Including Current Maturities |  |  | $ 824,866 |  | $ 781,380 |
U.S. trade accounts receivable securitization [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Pricing commitment period |  |  | 3 years |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date | Apr. 29, 2019 | Apr. 29, 2020 |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument Maximum Borrowing Capacity | $ 350,000 |  | $ 349,600 |  | 350,000 | $ 300,000
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, Including Current Maturities |  |  | $ 349,560 |  | $ 350,000 |
Commitment fee for facility usage - facility limit greater than or equal to fifty percent usage (as a percent) |  |  | 0.30% |  |  |
Commitment fee for facility usage - facility limit less than fifty percent usage (as a percent) |  |  | 0.35% |  |  |
Debt instrument borrowing percentage of facility used for calculating commitment fee (as a percent) |  |  | 50.00% |  |  |
U.S. trade accounts receivable securitization [Member] | Average Asset Backed Commercial Paper Rate [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, variable rate basis at period end |  |  | 1.25% |  | 1.01% |
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate |  |  | 0.75% |  | 0.75% |
Debt instrument, interest rate at period end |  |  | 2.00% |  | 1.76% |

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