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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($) item | Jan. 02, 2018 USD ($) | Jan. 03, 2017 USD ($)
Employee Benefit Plans |  |  |
Minimum number of investment options available to participating plan members | item | 1 |  |
Maximum amount of eligible bonuses that may be deferred by participating staff members under the ESP (as a percent) | 100.00% |  |
Accrued liability for self-insured benefit plans | $ 10.4 | $ 8.8 |
401(k) Plan |  |  |
Employee Benefit Plans |  |  |
Expense recognized | 1.0 | 1.0 | $ 0.9
ESP |  |  |
Employee Benefit Plans |  |  |
Expense recognized | $ 1.3 | $ 1.0 | $ 1.0

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- Definition Represents the maximum percentage of eligible bonuses that can be deferred by the participating staff members under the Executive Savings Plan (ESP). + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the minimum number of investment options available to plan participants. + References No definition available. + Details
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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 Amount of cost for defined contribution plan. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 70 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942 + Details
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- Definition Carrying amount of accrued known and estimated losses incurred as of the balance sheet date for which no insurance coverage exists, and for which a claim has been made or is probable of being asserted, typically arising from workmen's compensation-type of incidents and personal injury to nonemployees from accidents on the entity's property that are expected to be paid within one year (or the normal operating cycle, if longer). + References No definition available. + Details
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