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Trade Accounts Receivable Sale Program (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 03, 2015
Trade Accounts Receivable Sale Program [Abstract] |
Trade Accounts Receivable Sale Program | Trade Accounts Receivable Sale Program In connection with a trade accounts receivable sale program with an unaffiliated financial institution, the Company may elect to sell, at a discount, designated pools of trade accounts receivable without recourse in exchange for cash. Proceeds from the transfer reflect the face value of the receivables less a discount. The discount is recorded as a loss in "other expense" in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income in the period of the sale. The Company sold $93.1 million, $69.8 million and $52.8 million of trade accounts receivable during fiscal years 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and in exchange, received cash proceeds of $92.4 million, $69.3 million and $52.2 million, respectively. The resulting discount on the sales of trade accounts receivables sold under this agreement for fiscal years 2015, 2014 and 2013 were not material, and were recorded in "other expense" within the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for a transferor's continuing involvement in financial assets that it has transferred in a securitization or asset-backed financing arrangement, the nature of any restrictions on assets reported by an entity in its statement of financial position that relate to a transferred financial asset (including the carrying amounts of such assets), how servicing assets and servicing liabilities are reported, and (for securitization or asset-backed financing arrangements accounted for as sales) when a transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets and transfers of financial assets accounted for as secured borrowings, how the transfer of financial assets affects an entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51814546&loc=d3e107207-111719 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 50 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56950315&loc=d3e122596-111746 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 50 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56950315&loc=d3e122739-111746 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 50 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56950315&loc=d3e122625-111746 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7519067&loc=SL6226446-111709 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51814546&loc=d3e107314-111719 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7519067&loc=SL6226443-111709 + Details
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