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Product Recall and (Recovery) Loss on Inferior Ingredients - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 06, 2018 USD ($) State | Dec. 28, 2019 USD ($) | Dec. 29, 2018 USD ($)
Product Recall And Recovery Loss On Inferior Ingredients [Abstract] |  |  |
Products recalled distributed to retail customers, number of states | State | 18 |  |
Product recall costs |  | $ 800 |
Cash recovered from suppliers on disruption | $ 4,200 | $ 1,822 | $ 4,156

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