Fair Value Measurements (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2017 USD ($) item	Dec. 27, 2016 USD ($)
Fair value of financial instruments
Transfer of asset levels within the fair value hierarchy	$ 0
Minimum number of investment funds in rabbi trust for deferred compensation plan \| item	1
Fair value measured on a recurring basis \| Level 1
Fair value of financial instruments
Deferred compensation plan - assets	$ 23,242	$ 21,951
Deferred compensation plan - liabilities	$ (23,241)	$ (22,128)

Amount of transfers of assets measured on a recurring basis levels within the fair value hierarchy.

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The minimum number of investment funds held in a rabbi trust that highly compensated employees may defer receipt in a nonqualified deferred compensation plan to contribute such amounts to investment funds in rabbi trust.

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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for all deferred compensation arrangements. Represents currently earned compensation under compensation arrangements that is not actually paid until a later date.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of assets held under deferred compensation agreements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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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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