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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)						6 Months Ended
	Oct. 25, 2021	Sep. 24, 2021	Oct. 31, 2019	Mar. 16, 2018	Feb. 16, 2016	Jul. 02, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022
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Face value of debt outstanding						$ 635,000,000	$ 635,000,000
Letters of credit outstanding						5,700,000
2016 Credit Agreement Due 2024 [Member]
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Face value of debt outstanding						60,000,000	$ 60,000,000
Credit agreement date					Feb. 16, 2016
Prepayment of term loan						$ 54,000,000.0
Senior Secured Credit Facilities [Member]
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Amount available under credit facility					$ 310,000,000.0
Term Loan Facility [Member]
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Amount available under credit facility					$ 270,000,000.0
Maturity term of credit agreement					6 years
Credit facility amortization percentage					1.00%
Weighted average interest rate						3.67%	2.10%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Amount available under credit facility					$ 40,000,000.0
Credit available under the credit facility						$ 74,300,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility amortization percentage	0.35%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facility amortization percentage	0.25%
Second Amendment [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate terms						The Second Amendment, among other things, decreased the applicable interest rate margins for the Initial Term Loans (as defined in the 2016 Credit Agreement due 2024) from (i) 3.75% to 2.50%, in the case of the Base Rate Loans (as defined in the 2016 Credit Agreement due 2024), and (ii) 4.75% to 3.50%, in the case of the Eurodollar Loans (as defined in the 2016 Credit Agreement due 2024).
Second Amendment [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on LIBOR				2.50%		3.75%
Second Amendment [Member] \| Euro Dollar [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on LIBOR				3.50%		4.75%
Third Amendment [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Face value of debt outstanding			$ 64,000,000.0
Term of credit facility			3 years
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Face value of debt outstanding						$ 40,000,000.0
Term of credit facility			5 years
Revolving Credit Facility due 2024 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
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Face value of debt outstanding			$ 80,000,000.0
Fourth Amendment [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Term of credit facility	3 years
Maximum borrowing available during period	$ 60,000,000.0
2018 Senior Notes due 2026 [Member]
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Debt instrument, face amount						425,000,000.0
Repayments of debt						$ 425,000,000.0
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Prepayment of term loan						$ 21,500,000
2021 Senior Notes Due 2029 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 575,000,000.0
Accrued Interest rate		4.375%
Percentage of principal amount issued		100.00%
Debt instrument, maturity date		Oct. 01, 2029
Financing Costs		$ 8,700,000
Percentage of lender spread on principal amount		1.25%
Financing costs lender spread		$ 7,200,000
Financing costs other		$ 1,500,000
Face value of debt outstanding						$ 575,000,000.0
Repurchase notes percentage of aggregate principal amount						101.00%
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Basis points, floor						50.00%
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Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
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Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, redemption percentage						100.00%