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Debt - U.S. Trade Accounts Receivable Securitization (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	5 Months Ended	6 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	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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Commitment fee under our asset-backed securitization program, in number of basis points, on the daily balance of the unused portion of the facility if usage is less than to 50% of the facility limit.

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The maximum amount which can be borrowed under a debt instrument.

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The actual interest rate at period end for the reference rate used to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Period for which the pricing is committed under the asset-backed securitization program.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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