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Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 01, 2016	Sep. 25, 2015
Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Raw materials	$ 2,600	$ 3,246
Capital expenditures incurred, but not yet paid	21,100	20,500
Other Noncurrent Assets [Member]
Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Raw materials	$ 1,400	$ 1,400

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Amount before valuation and LIFO reserves of raw materials expected to be sold, or consumed within one year or operating cycle, if longer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6(a)(4))
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