Establishment of Liabilities Under Tax Receivable Agreement

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Tax Receivable Agreement Liability, Current and Noncurrent

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Tax Receivable Agreement, Percentage of Tax Benefits Due to Equity Owners

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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Amount of litigation expense, including but not limited to legal, forensic, accounting, and investigative fees.

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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.

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118942415&loc=d3e14326-108349

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 25, 2019	Sep. 23, 2020	Sep. 25, 2019	Dec. 25, 2019	Sep. 30, 2017
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Litigation Settlement, Expense		$ 1,200
Loss Contingency Accrual		$ 1,180
Percentage of tax benefits due to equity owners		85.00%
Establishment of liabilities under tax receivable agreement	$ 20,027	$ 414	$ 20,027
Tax receivable agreement liability		228,197		$ 234,426
Retail site
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding		$ 130
Office building
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding					$ 603
Renewal term		1 year