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EQUITY AND NONCONTROLLING INTEREST - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2018
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Contractually defined redemption value | $ 20.5 |
Vital River |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Noncontrolling interest ownership percentage | 13.00% |
Employee Stock Option |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share amount (in shares) | 0.4 | 0.5
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share amount (in shares) | 1.0 | 1.1

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- Definition Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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- Definition Redemption value, as if currently redeemable, of redeemable noncontrolling interest classified as temporary equity and the election has been made to accrete changes in redemption value to the earliest redemption date. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 480 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 3A -Subparagraph 24(b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65877616&loc=SL6540498-122764 + Details
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