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Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and discounts.

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The aggregate total costs related to selling a firm's product and services, as well as all other general and administrative expenses. Direct selling expenses (for example, credit, warranty, and advertising) are expenses that can be directly linked to the sale of specific products. Indirect selling expenses are expenses that cannot be directly linked to the sale of specific products, for example telephone expenses, Internet, and postal charges. General and administrative expenses include salaries of non-sales personnel, rent, utilities, communication, etc.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.4)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 330

-SubTopic 10

-Section 30

-Paragraph 8

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Revisions to Applicable Financial Statement Line Items (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 10, 2015	Oct. 04, 2014	Oct. 10, 2015	Oct. 04, 2014
Error Corrections And Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Sales	$ 885,302	$ 844,932	$ 2,920,142	$ 2,871,640
Selling, distribution and administrative expense	322,087	302,086	1,064,619	1,037,628
DSD Segment
Error Corrections And Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Sales	$ 746,267	713,846	$ 2,464,399	2,413,332
Selling, distribution and administrative expense		272,730		934,908
As Previously Reported
Error Corrections And Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Sales		849,360		2,886,498
Selling, distribution and administrative expense		306,514		1,052,486
As Previously Reported \| DSD Segment
Error Corrections And Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Sales		718,274		2,428,190
Selling, distribution and administrative expense		277,158		949,766
Revisions
Error Corrections And Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Sales		(4,428)		(14,858)
Selling, distribution and administrative expense		(4,428)		(14,858)
Revisions \| DSD Segment
Error Corrections And Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Sales		(4,428)		(14,858)
Selling, distribution and administrative expense		$ (4,428)		$ (14,858)