Employee Pension and Other Benefit Plans - Future Benefit Payments (Details) - Pension Benefit Plans $ in Millions	Jul. 03, 2021 USD ($)
Future Benefit Payments
2022	$ 9.2
2023	7.1
2024	6.7
2025	6.3
2026	6.3
2027-2030	28.1
Thereafter	40.6
Total	$ 104.3

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Amount of benefit for defined benefit plan expected to be paid in next fiscal year following current fiscal year.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (f)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123447040&loc=d3e1928-114920

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Amount of benefit for defined benefit plan expected to be paid in fifth fiscal year following current fiscal year.

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Amount of benefit for defined benefit plan expected to be paid in fourth fiscal year following current fiscal year.

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Amount of benefit for defined benefit plan expected to be paid in third fiscal year following current fiscal year.

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Amount of benefit for defined benefit plan expected to be paid in second fiscal year following current fiscal year.

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Total amount of the benefits expected to be paid.

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Amount of benefits from a defined benefit plan expected to be paid from the sixth fiscal year to tenth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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