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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Leverage Ratio, Maximum

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Letters Of Credit Drawn

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Amount of the required periodic payments including both interest and principal payments.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	May 31, 2020	Mar. 28, 2020	Mar. 16, 2020	Dec. 28, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Standby letters of credit		$ 33,100,000		$ 33,100,000
Amounts drawn on letters of credit		$ 0		0
Covenant, EBITDA ratio, maximum		5.0
Covenant, leverage ratio, maximum		5.0
Twenty Nineteen Class A-2-I Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		3.787%
Long-term debt, gross		$ 595,500,000		597,000,000
Twenty Nineteen Class A-2-II Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		4.021%
Long-term debt, gross		$ 397,000,000		398,000,000
Twenty Nineteen Class A-2-III Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		4.352%
Long-term debt, gross		$ 694,750,000		696,500,000
Twenty Nineteen Variable Funding Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		150,000,000.0	$ 116,000,000.0
Amounts drawn on letters of credit		$ 116,000,000.0
Twenty Seventeen Class A-2-I Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		3.629%
Long-term debt, gross		$ 586,500,000		588,000,000
Twenty Seventeen Class A-2-II Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		4.03%
Long-term debt, gross		$ 782,000,000		$ 784,000,000
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Twenty Nineteen Variable Funding Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate		1.50%
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment	$ 7,800,000