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LONG -TERM DEBT(Details) (USD $)
6 Months Ended
Jul. 02, 2011
Jan. 01, 2011
Jul. 03, 2010
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Current maturities $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,503,000
Total long-term debt 236,000,000 236,000,000 229,269,000
Line of Credit BOA [Member]
     
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Revolving credit facility 236,000,000 236,000,000 0
Current maturities 0 0  
Maximum borrowing capacity 375,000,000    
Initiation date of credit facility 2010-10-15    
Expiration date of credit facility 2015-10-15    
Revolving credit facility interest rate description This revolving credit facility provides for two pricing options for revolving loans: (i) revolving loans on which interest is payable quarterly at a base rate equal to the highest of (x) the Federal Funds Rate plus ½ of 1%, (y) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America, N.A. as its prime rate, or (z) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1%, plus, in each case, an applicable margin initially equal to 1.25%, which may be adjusted based upon a leverage-based pricing grid ranging from 1.00% to 1.50% and (ii) revolving loans on which interest accrues for one, two, three, six or if, generally available, nine or twelve month interest periods (but is payable not less frequently than every three months) at a rate of interest per annum equal to an adjusted British Bankers Association LIBOR rate, plus an applicable margin initially equal to 2.25%, which may be adjusted based upon a leverage-based pricing grid ranging from 2.00% to 2.50%.  Amounts currently outstanding under the revolving credit facility initially accrue interest at a LIBOR rate plus 2.25%.    
Covenant terms The revolving credit facility contains and defines financial covenants, including a lease adjusted leverage ratio (defined as, with certain adjustments, the ratio of the Company's consolidated indebtedness plus six times rent expense to consolidated net income before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and rent expense ("EBITDAR")) to exceed (x) if such period ends on or before December 31, 2014, 3.75:1.00 and (y) if such period ends after December 31, 2014, 3.50:1.00; and consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio (defined as, with certain adjustments, the ratio of consolidated EBITDAR to consolidated fixed charges (defined as interest plus rent expense)), for any such period to be less than 2.75:1.00.     
Available under the revolver for future borrowings 130,000,000    
Effective interest rate (in hundredths) 2.44% 2.51%  
Letter of Credit BOA [Member]
     
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Maximum borrowing capacity 130,000,000    
Outstanding letters of credit 18,500,000 8,600,000  
Swingline BOA [Member]
     
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Maximum borrowing capacity 40,000,000    
Former letter of credit [Member]
     
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Maximum borrowing capacity 80,000,000    
Outstanding letters of credit     8,600,000
Former term loan [Member]
     
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Former term loan 232,800,000 0 232,772,000
Applicable rate of interest on borrowed funds Amounts borrowed under the former term loan had an applicable rate of LIBOR + 1.50%, regardless of the Company's overall leverage level.    
Effective interest rate (in hundredths)     1.80%
Amount drawn upon from new BOA credit facility to pay off company's former term loan 232,200,000    
Transaction fees and expenses associated with former term loan pay off 3,800,000    
Former credit facilty [Member]
     
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Revolving credit facility $ 125,000,000