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Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 26, 2015 | Dec. 27, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |  |
Transfers between fair value levels | $ 0 | $ 0
Fair value inputs, discount rate | 18.00% |
Percentage change in discount rate | 1.00% |
Change in fair value resulting from a 1% increase in discount rate | $ 1,700,000 |

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- Definition Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value, Transferor's Interests in Transferred Financial Assets, Impact of Other than 10 or 20 Percent Adverse Change in Discount Rate, Percentage + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (bbb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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- Definition The hypothetical financial impact of a specified adverse percentage change in discount rate on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51814546&loc=d3e107314-111719 + Details
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