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Litigation, Commitments and Contingencies - Leases (Details) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($) item | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Dec. 25, 2016 USD ($)
Lease disclosures |  |  |
Payments received from sublease | $ 8.6 | $ 7.4 | $ 7.5
Total lease expense | $ 44.8 | $ 45.0 | $ 45.0
Office, retail and commissary space |  |  |
Lease disclosures |  |  |
Operating leases, average term in years | 5 years |  |
Number of renewals | item | 1 |  |
Tractors and trailers |  |  |
Lease disclosures |  |  |
Operating leases, average term in years | 7 years |  |

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- Definition Average term of the lessee's leasing arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line. + References No definition available. + Details
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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. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The amount of revenue recognized for the period under subleasing arrangements. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 55 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77891322&loc=d3e41620-112719 + Details
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- Details
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