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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	4 Months Ended
	Apr. 23, 2016	Apr. 25, 2015	Jan. 02, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective tax rate	35.70%	35.40%
Decrease in current and noncurrent deferred income tax asset and liabilities			$ 37.2

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New accounting pronouncement or change in accounting principle retrospective effect of change in current deferred income tax asset and long term deferred income tax liability.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32698-109319

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)(2))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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