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Debt (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 27, 2016
New 1st Lien Term Loan [Member] |
Schedule of Payments [Line Items] |
Schedule Of Debt Payments [Table Text Block] | 2016 payments made, or required to be made for the remainder of the year, under the 1 st Lien Term Loan are summarized as follows:
| 13 Weeks Ended | 13 Weeks Ending
(Thousands of Dollars) | December 27 2015 |  | March 27 2016 |  | June 26 2016 |  | September 25 2016 |
Mandatory | 6,250 |  | 6,250 |  | 6,250 |  | 6,250 |
Voluntary | 5,000 |  | 27,000 |  | — |  | — |
Excess cash flow payment | — |  | 1,135 |  | 6,400 |  | — |
| 11,250 |  | 34,385 |  | 12,650 |  | 6,250 |

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