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Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Additional Information) (Details) $ in Millions	8 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 10, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 12, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2016 USD ($)
Interest rate swaps [Member]
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items]
Number of interest rate swap agreements	2
Financial instrument expiration date	Oct. 06, 2017
Notional amount	$ 537.9	$ 638.9	$ 609.7
Foreign exchange contracts [Member]
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items]
Maximum remaining maturity of foreign currency derivatives	335 days	356 days	349 days
Interest Rate Swap Forward Starting [Member]
Financial Instruments And Derivatives [Line Items]
Financial instrument expiration date	Jul. 13, 2020
Notional amount	$ 288.8
Derivative, effective date	Oct. 17, 2016

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
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Maximum amount of time remaining before foreign currency exchange rate derivatives mature or expire, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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