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Employee Benefit Plans (Schedule Of Consolidated Plan Assets Using The Fair Value Hierarchy) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 01, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	$ 810,457
Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	108,884	$ 116,921	$ 133,900
U.S. Pension Plans
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	675,018	578,783
U.S. Pension Plans | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	68,574	62,214
U.S. Pension Plans | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	540,174	428,584
U.S. Pension Plans | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	66,270	87,985	103,717
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Non-investment grade
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	45,709	38,517
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Non-investment grade | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Non-investment grade | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	45,709	38,517
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Non-investment grade | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Real assets
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	37,337	35,647
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Real assets | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Real assets | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	37,337	35,647
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Real assets | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Other Investments
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	177,037	78,102
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Other Investments | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Other Investments | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	177,037	78,102
U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Other Investments | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds | US Treasury and Government
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	23,867	64,441
U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds | US Treasury and Government | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds | US Treasury and Government | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	23,867	64,441
U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds | US Treasury and Government | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds | Corporate Bond Securities
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	230	106,120
U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds | Corporate Bond Securities | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds | Corporate Bond Securities | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	230	106,120
U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds | Corporate Bond Securities | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Employer Securities
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	68,574	62,214
U.S. Pension Plans | Employer Securities | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	68,574	62,214
U.S. Pension Plans | Employer Securities | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Employer Securities | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Interest In Common Collective Trusts
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	237,032	88,870
U.S. Pension Plans | Interest In Common Collective Trusts | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Interest In Common Collective Trusts | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	237,032	88,870
U.S. Pension Plans | Interest In Common Collective Trusts | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Money Market Funds
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	18,962	16,887
U.S. Pension Plans | Money Market Funds | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Money Market Funds | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	18,962	16,887
U.S. Pension Plans | Money Market Funds | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Limited Partnerships
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	44,003	64,760
U.S. Pension Plans | Limited Partnerships | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Limited Partnerships | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Limited Partnerships | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	44,003	64,760
U.S. Pension Plans | Insurance Contracts And Other
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	22,267	23,225
U.S. Pension Plans | Insurance Contracts And Other | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Insurance Contracts And Other | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
U.S. Pension Plans | Insurance Contracts And Other | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	22,267	23,225
Non-U.S. Pension Plans
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	135,439	117,693
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	24,497	20,815
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	68,328	67,942
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	42,614	28,936	$ 30,183
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	6,523	3,683
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	6,523	3,683
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Shares Of Registered Investment Companies | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Domestic Equity
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	7,616	6,351
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Domestic Equity | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	7,616	6,142
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Domestic Equity | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	209
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Domestic Equity | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | International Equity
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	10,562	8,806
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | International Equity | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	10,562	8,806
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | International Equity | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | International Equity | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	29,820	29,746
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	6,246	5,615
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	23,574	24,131
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Fixed Income Funds | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Unit linked life insurance funds
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	36,889	38,260
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Unit linked life insurance funds | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Unit linked life insurance funds | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	36,889	38,260
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Unit linked life insurance funds | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Cash And Cash Equivalents
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	626	1,132
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Cash And Cash Equivalents | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	73	252
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Cash And Cash Equivalents | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	553	880
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Cash And Cash Equivalents | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Insurance Contracts And Other
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	43,403	29,715
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Insurance Contracts And Other | Level 1
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	0	0
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Insurance Contracts And Other | Level 2
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	789	779
Non-U.S. Pension Plans | Insurance Contracts And Other | Level 3
Employee Benefit Plans
Fair value	$ 42,614	$ 28,936

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Fair value of assets that have been segregated and restricted to provide pension or postretirement benefits. Assets include, but are not limited to, stocks, bonds, other investments, earnings from investments, and contributions by the employer and employees.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 30
-Section 35
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Plan Assets
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6749337

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