Revenues, Income from Operations and Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization and Other, for each of Reportable Segments (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 27, 2016	Mar. 22, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 539,175	$ 502,027
Income from operations	98,712	94,253
Segment Income	111,917	106,216
Supply Chain [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	335,695	311,656
International Franchise [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	38,886	36,222
Operating Segments [Member] \| Domestic Stores [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	164,594	154,149
Income from operations	58,418	55,527
Segment Income	60,469	57,273
Operating Segments [Member] \| Supply Chain [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	362,519	337,756
Income from operations	28,345	27,195
Segment Income	30,672	29,455
Operating Segments [Member] \| International Franchise [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	38,886	36,222
Income from operations	29,740	28,715
Segment Income	29,772	28,748
Intersegment Revenues [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	(26,824)	(26,100)
Segment Reconciling [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Income from operations	(17,791)	(17,184)
Segment Income	$ (8,996)	$ (9,260)

Amount of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other for the reportable segment.

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The net result for the period of deducting operating expenses from operating revenues.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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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
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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