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Employee Benefits - Defined Contribution Plans - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	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.

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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

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