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Debt - Credit Agreements (Details) | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 28, 2021 USD ($) item $ / shares | Mar. 29, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 27, 2020 USD ($)
Debt |  |  |
Outstanding debt | $ 350,000,000 |  | $ 350,000,000
Quarterly dividend paid per common share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.225 |  |
Dividends paid to common shareholders | $ 7,404,000 | $ 7,237,000 |
Debt issuance costs | $ 1,462,000 |  | 1,708,000
PJI Facilities |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Number of quarters in interest margin period | item | 4 |  |
Line of credit facility, remaining availability | $ 339,200,000 |  |
PJI Facilities | Minimum | Modification of financial covenants beginning in the third quarter of 2018 |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Fixed charge coverage ratio | 2.50 |  |
PJI Facilities | Maximum | Ability to make dividends and distributions based on Leverage Ratio |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Quarterly dividend paid per common share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.225 |  |
Dividends paid to common shareholders | $ 35,000,000 |  |
Leverage Ratio | 3.75 |  |
PJI Facilities | Maximum | Modification of financial covenants beginning in the third quarter of 2018 |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Leverage Ratio | 4.25 |  |
PJI Facilities | Maximum | Modification of financial covenants by 2022 |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Leverage Ratio | 4.00 |  |
PJI Facilities | Maximum | Option to increase the Revolving Facility or the Term Loan Facility |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Leverage Ratio | 4.00 |  |
Additional amount that company has option to increase borrowing capacity | $ 300,000,000.0 |  |
PJI Facilities | LIBOR | Minimum |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Interest margin rate on debt | 1.25% |  |
PJI Facilities | LIBOR | Maximum |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Interest margin rate on debt | 2.50% |  |
PJI Facilities | Base rate | Minimum |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Interest margin rate on debt | 0.25% |  |
PJI Facilities | Base rate | Maximum |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Interest margin rate on debt | 1.50% |  |
PJMF Revolving Facility |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity | $ 20,000,000.0 |  |
Outstanding debt | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Applicable interest rate |  | 3.40% |
PJMF Revolving Facility | One-month LIBOR |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Interest margin rate on debt | 1.75% |  |
Revolving Facility | PJI Facilities |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity | $ 400,000,000.0 |  |
Outstanding debt | 15,000,000.0 |  |
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity of foreign currencies | 35,000,000.0 |  |
Term Loan Facility | PJI Facilities |  |  |
Debt |  |  |
Outstanding debt | 335,000,000.0 |  |
Quarterly amortization payment | $ 5,000,000.0 |  |

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