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Contingencies - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrual for litigation costs	$ 9.2	$ 9.9
Hillson et. al. Case
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrual for litigation costs		$ 4.1

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496072&loc=d3e14326-108349

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