Debt Instrument, Restricted Payment Limitation, Years Two And Thereafter

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Debt Instrument Maturity Period

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Interest Coverage Ratio

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Leverage Ratio

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Leverage Ratio, Restricted Payment Threshold

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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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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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DEBT - Credit Facilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jul. 05, 2018	Jan. 02, 2021	Dec. 28, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)		3.80%	4.50%
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)		2.10%	3.90%
Fifth Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facilities, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,300.0
Leverage ratio		2.26
Interest coverage ratio		11.84
Leverage ratio, restricted payment threshold		4.00
Restricted payment limitation per year		$ 225.0
Fifth Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage ratio		4.50
Fifth Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest coverage ratio		3.00
Fifth Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facilities, maximum borrowing capacity	1,500.0
Fifth Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement \| Secured Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured credit facilities, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 800.0
Credit Facilities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity		$ 880.6
Credit Facilities \| Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount		$ 19.8
Credit Facilities \| Fifth Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, maturity period (years)	5 years