Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 27, 2016	Jan. 03, 2016
Fixed Rate Senior Notes [Member] \| 2012 Recapitalization [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Principal amount of outstanding debt	$ 938.6	$ 962.7
Fair value of debt outstanding	961.2	991.6
Five Year Fixed Rate Notes [Member] \| 2015 Recapitalization [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Principal amount of outstanding debt	498.8	500.0
Fair value of debt outstanding	$ 488.4	489.5
Debt instrument, term	5 years
Ten Year Fixed Rate Notes [Member] \| 2015 Recapitalization [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Principal amount of outstanding debt	$ 798.0	800.0
Fair value of debt outstanding	$ 776.7	$ 781.6
Debt instrument, term	10 years

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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-SubTopic 10
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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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