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Employee Benefits - Defined Contribution Plans - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2017 USD ($) defined_contribution_plan | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Jan. 02, 2016 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of defined contribution plans | defined_contribution_plan | 2 |  |
Hourly Savings Plan |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Defined contribution plan, cost recognized | $ 0.3 | $ 0.2 | $ 0.1
Salaried Savings Plan |  |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |
Defined contribution plan, cost recognized | $ 1.0 | $ 0.9 | $ 0.9

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- Definition Amount of cost for defined contribution plan. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 70 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942 + Details
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