Debt Covenant, Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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calculated as total Indebtedness, as defined divided by Adjusted EBITDA as defined

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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Increase (Decrease) in Event of Default

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Line Of Credit Facility, Additional Capacity

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Line Of Credit Facility, Periodic Payment, Percentage of Principal

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Line Of Credit Facility, Sub Facility For Swingline Loans

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Line of credit, subfacility for standby letters of credit.

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Number of Financial Covenants

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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 total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The cash inflow from a debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer.

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DEBT - Amendment And Restatement Of Senior Credit Facility (Details)		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) financial_covenant	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings on debt		$ 62,000,000	$ 40,000,000
Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount	$ 215,000,000.0
Sub facility for swingline loans	15,000,000.0
Line of credit, subfacility for standby letters of credit	35,000,000.0
Borrowings on debt	106,500,000
Interest rate increase (decrease) (percent)		2.00%
Quarterly commitment fee on the average daily unused portion (percent)		0.30%
Number of financial covenants \| financial_covenant		2
Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio		1.50
Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member] \| Fiscal Quarters Ending September 30, 2017 through June 30, 2018 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio		3.50
Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member] \| Fiscal Quarters Ending September 30, 2018 through June 30, 2019 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio		3.25
Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member] \| Each Fiscal Quarter Ending Thereafter [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio		3.00
Term Loan [Member] \| Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount	100,000,000.0
Additional capacity	$ 50,000,000.0
Term Loan [Member] \| Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member] \| First Four Installments [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Periodic payment, percentage of principal	5.00%
Term Loan [Member] \| Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member] \| Next Eight Installments [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Periodic payment, percentage of principal	7.50%
Term Loan [Member] \| Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member] \| Remaining Installments [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Periodic payment, percentage of principal	10.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of credit outstanding		$ 21,600,000
Line of credit outstanding		$ 93,400,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest margin		2.25%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| Amended And Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 115,000,000.0
Borrowings on debt	$ 6,500,000