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Business Combination, Integration Related Costs And Transaction Costs

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Business Combination, Redemption Price

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Business Combination, Remaining Equity To Purchase

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Business Combination, Term, Period After Sixth Anniversary

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Payments To Acquire Businesses, Gross, Additional Cash Payment

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of tangible or intangible assets, including a business or subsidiary of the acquirer transferred by the entity to the former owners of the acquiree. Excludes cash.

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Fair value at acquisition-date of the equity interest in the acquiree held by the acquirer, immediately before the acquisition date for businesses combined in stages.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in a business combination achieved in stages, including equity interests in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date and acquired at the acquisition date.

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Percentage of equity in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date in a business combination.

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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	23 Months Ended
	Jan. 27, 2023	Mar. 30, 2024	Apr. 01, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Nov. 30, 2023
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Transaction and integration costs		$ 200	$ 800
Cash portion of consideration transferred		$ 0	$ 50,166
Noveprim Group
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired					41.00%
Equity interest acquired					90.00%
Business combination, equity stake percentage				49.00%
Purchases of additional equity interests, net				$ 90,000
Contingent liability				$ 5,000
Purchase price					$ 374,800
Additional cash paid					144,600
Business combination, consideration transferred, other					198,800
Gain in equity equal to the excess fair value of additional equity interest purchased					103,200
Contingent consideration					33,300
Business combination deferred purchase price					12,000
Adjustments for working capital/debt					13,800
Consideration contingent upon future performance					$ 55,000
Business combination, remaining equity to purchase					10.00%
Call option term, period after sixth anniversary					1 month
Put option term, period after first anniversary					12 months
Noveprim Group \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, redemption price					$ 47,000
Noveprim Group \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, redemption price					$ 54,000
SAMDI Tech, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, equity stake percentage	20.00%
Cash portion of consideration transferred	$ 62,800
Cash acquired	400
Value of previously owned interest in acquiree	$ 12,600