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Deferred Compensation Plan - Additional Information (Detail) (Deferred Compensation, Excluding Share-based Payments and Retirement Benefits, USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Oct. 03, 2014 | Sep. 27, 2013 | Oct. 03, 2014 | Sep. 27, 2013 | Jan. 03, 2014
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Excluding Share-based Payments and Postretirement Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Trading securities | $ 42,098,000 |  | $ 42,098,000 |  | $ 37,979,000
Deferred compensation plan vested amounts due | 43,832,000 |  | 43,832,000 |  | 37,926,000
Change in market value of trust assets | $ (1,331,000) | $ 1,893,000 | $ 1,351,000 | $ 4,128,000 |
Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Excluding Share-based Payments and Postretirement Benefits [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of compensation deferred |  |  | 100.00% |  |

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- Definition Amount of investments in debt and equity securities and other forms of securities that provide ownership interests classified as trading. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6871852&loc=d3e26610-111562 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6871852&loc=d3e26626-111562 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Trading Securities -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6526789 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878 + Details
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