Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Cash Received (Paid)

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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Earnout Period

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Purchase Accounting Adjustment, Goodwil

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Purchase Accounting Adjustment, Intangible Assets

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Purchase Accounting Adjustment, Receivables

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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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 liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 27, 2015	Dec. 26, 2014	Mar. 28, 2014	Sep. 26, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]
Acquisition related costs	$ 2,800,000	$ 400,000	$ 3,500,000	$ 5,900,000
Doremi Labs [Member]
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business					98,402,000
Contingent consideration earnout period					4 years
Contingent consideration liability	740,000				20,000,000
Cash paid to sellers	98,402,000
Purchase consideration					99,142,000
Cash acquired					8,400,000
Change in valuation of intangible assets	4,600,000
Receivable reversed	4,200,000
Increase to goodwill	$ 500,000