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Business Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail) - Customer | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 02, 2016 | Jan. 03, 2015 | Dec. 28, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |
Customer accounted for 10% of total revenue | 0 | 0 | 0

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- Definition 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. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Customers Accounting For Ten Percent Or More Of Net Revenue + References No definition available. + Details
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