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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Details 2) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 26, 2015 | Sep. 26, 2015 | Sep. 26, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 27, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred income tax benefit |  |  |  | $ 30,590 |
Deferred income tax benefit (in dollars per share) |  |  |  | $ 1.35 |
Provision for valuation allowance |  |  |  | $ 9,888 |
Valuation provision effect (in dollars per share) |  |  |  | $ 0.44 |
Reversal of contingent liability |  |  |  | $ 16,591 |
Reversal of contingent liability effect (in dollars per share) |  |  |  | $ 0.73 |
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets |  |  |  | $ 40,140 |
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets (in dollars per share | $ 1.16 | $ 0.58 |  | $ 1.72 |
Restructuring impairment |  |  |  | $ 14,545 |
Restructuring impairment (in dollars per share) |  |  |  | $ 0.62 |
Restructuring expenses |  |  |  | $ 13,622 |
Restructuring expenses (in dollars per share) |  |  |  | $ 0.58 |
Refinancing costs for long-term debt |  |  |  |  | $ 24,171
Refinancing of long-term debt (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  | $ 0.93
Outstanding stock options with exercise prices exceeding the market price of common stock, excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share (in shares) |  |  | 426,338 | 197,303 | 449,000

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