Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation (Policies)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2019
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Fiscal Period, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Accounting Period Our fiscal year ends on the Saturday nearest the end of December. All references herein for the years “2019,” “2018” and “2017” represent the fiscal years ended December 28, 2019, December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017, which were all 52 weeks.
Basis of Presentation	The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Advance and its wholly owned subsidiaries prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates	Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Fiscal Period, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Accounting Period

Our fiscal year ends on the Saturday nearest the end of December. All references herein for the years “2019,” “2018” and “2017” represent the fiscal years ended December 28, 2019, December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017, which were all 52 weeks.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Advance and its wholly owned subsidiaries prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.