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Lessee, Leases, Term Of Contract

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Proceeds From Financing Lease Obligation

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Term of lessee's finance lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
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Term of lessee's finance lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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.

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The portion of the gain that will be recorded as income or a reduction in rent expense in future periods less amounts recognized in the current period.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/otherTransitionRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 40
-Section 35
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121616360&loc=d3e50609-112754

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Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands					1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2020	Jan. 31, 2020	Jun. 20, 2019	May 19, 2019	Jun. 20, 2019	Jun. 27, 2020	Jun. 29, 2019	Dec. 28, 2019	Dec. 29, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Lease renewal term						5 years
Finance lease, term of contractt				15 years					15 years
Finance lease, renewal term				5 years					5 years	10 years
Unrecognized deferred gains, topic 840						$ 84,000		$ 85,800
Proceeds from real estate financing transactions						$ 78,263	$ 44,822
Minimum
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Lease term						1 year
Maximum
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Lease term						15 years
Warehouse faciility
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Finance lease, renewal term						5 years
Proceeds from real estate financing transactions	$ 7,500	$ 34,100			$ 45,000	$ 78,300		$ 27,200
Warehouse faciility \| Minimum
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Finance lease, term of contractt						15 years
Warehouse faciility \| Maximum
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Finance lease, term of contractt						18 years
Warehouse faciility \| University Park, IL
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Proceeds from real estate financing transactions				$ 21,800
Warehouse faciility \| Yulee, FL
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Proceeds from real estate financing transactions			$ 13,300