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Carrying Value Term Loan

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Amount of capital lease obligation due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal, through the balance sheet date and due to be paid more than one year (or one operating cycle, if longer) after the balance sheet date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of long-term debt and lease obligation, classified as noncurrent.

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Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 27, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Outstanding Balance Term Loan	$ 434.0
Carrying Value Term Loan	432.4
Outstanding Balance Revolver	800.0
Carrying Value 2018 Revolver	800.0
Line of Credit, Current	0	$ 0
Long-term Line of Credit, Noncurrent	800,000,000.0	800,000,000.0	$ 800,000,000.0
Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current And Non Current [Abstract]
Capital Lease Obligations, Current	28,200,000	25,800,000
Capital Lease Obligations, Noncurrent	121,600,000	121,300,000
Other Long-term Debt, Current	1,800,000	1,600,000
Other Long-term Debt, Noncurrent	57,100,000	57,800,000
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation, Current	52,700,000	50,200,000
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation	2,978,200,000	2,984,100,000
Secured Debt Term A [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Secured Debt, Current	22,700,000	22,800,000
Senior unsecured notes due 2022 [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	300,000,000.0
Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current And Non Current [Abstract]
Senior Notes, Noncurrent		299,100,000
SeniorUnsecuredFloatingRateNotes [Member]
Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current And Non Current [Abstract]
Senior Notes, Noncurrent	299,300,000	299,100,000
Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2023 [Domain]
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	300,000,000.0
Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current And Non Current [Abstract]
Senior Notes, Current	0	0
Senior Notes, Noncurrent	298,400,000	298,300,000
SeniorUnsecuredNotesDue2028 [Member] [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	700,000,000.0
Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current And Non Current [Abstract]
Senior Notes, Noncurrent		694,100,000
Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2026 [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	300,000,000.0
Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current And Non Current [Abstract]
Senior Notes, Current	0	0
Senior Notes, Noncurrent	297,900,000	297,800,000
Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2028 [Member]
Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current And Non Current [Abstract]
Senior Notes, Current	0	0
Senior Notes, Noncurrent	694,200,000	694,100,000
Total Debt [Member]
Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligations Current And Non Current [Abstract]
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation, Current	52,700,000	50,200,000
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation	$ 2,978,200,000	$ 2,984,100,000