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Notes Receivable from IDPs - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2019
Maximum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing period of distribution rights, years	10 years

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Represents the term in years for distributor notes receivable

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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.

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