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Defined Benefits, Average Remaining Life Expectancy Of Plan Participants

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Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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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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Amount of contributions expected to be received by defined benefit plan from employer in fiscal year. Excludes contributions paid by employer in current fiscal year.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
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Pension Plans and Postretirement Benefits (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2020 numberOfPlans	Dec. 29, 2019
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Estimated contributions in current fiscal year \| $	$ 0
Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plans		2
Qualified Plan \| Retirement Plan, Active Participants
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plans		1
Qualified Plan \| Retirement Plan, Inactive Participants
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of plans		1
Average remaining life expectancy of plan participants	17 years 8 months 12 days
United States
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount rate used to determine the benefit obligation	3.41%		4.59%