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Debt Instrument, Quarterly Periodic Payment Percentage, Principal

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Long-Term Debt, Maximum Expanded Loan Facility

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Amount of cash paid for interest, including, but not limited to, capitalized interest and payment to settle zero-coupon bond attributable to accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount; classified as operating and investing activities.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions 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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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Nov. 26, 2019	Nov. 25, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Apr. 25, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total			$ 2,101,841,000	$ 2,101,841,000
Maximum expanded loan facility				$ 627,000,000
Percentage of consolidated EBITDA required				100.00%
Maximum net secured leverage ratio				350.00%
Cash Flow Hedging \| Interest Rate Swap \| Designated as Hedging Instrument
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notional amount of interest rate swap			1,000,000,000	$ 1,000,000,000
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				1.00%
Overnight Federal Funds Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				0.50%
Secured Debt \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				0.00%
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			500,000,000.0	$ 500,000,000.0
Revolving credit facility, amount outstanding			100,000,000	100,000,000	$ 0
Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			100,000,000.0	100,000,000.0
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total			350,000,000	350,000,000
Term Loan B
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total			388,102,000	$ 388,102,000
Interest paid			15,900,000		16,800,000
Term Loan B \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate	1.75%	2.00%		1.75%
Term Loan B \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate	0.75%	1.00%
Term Loan B \| Alternative Base Rate (ABR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				0.75%
Term Loan B \| Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	$ 389,000,000.0	$ 389,000,000.0	$ 388,102,000	$ 388,102,000	391,050,000
Premium payable (as a percent)	1.00%
Quarterly periodic payment percentage, principal			0.25%	0.25%
Term Loan A
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total			$ 1,363,739,000	$ 1,363,739,000
Interest paid			50,300,000		41,900,000
Term Loan A \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				1.25%
Term Loan A \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				2.00%
Term Loan A \| Alternative Base Rate (ABR) \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				0.25%
Term Loan A \| Alternative Base Rate (ABR) \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				1.00%
Term Loan A \| Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total			$ 1,363,739,000	$ 1,363,739,000	1,037,713,000
Quarterly periodic payment percentage, principal			1.25%	1.25%
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from line of credit				$ 100,000,000	110,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				1.25%
Revolving Credit Facility \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				2.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Alternative Base Rate (ABR) \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				0.25%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Alternative Base Rate (ABR) \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, basis spread on variable rate				1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Secured Debt \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage				0.20%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Secured Debt \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage				0.35%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total			$ 350,000,000	$ 350,000,000	$ 350,000,000	$ 350,000,000
Interest paid				$ 17,900,000
Stated interest rate						5.125%
Redemption of principal amount (as a percent)				100.00%
Debt issuance costs						$ 6,700,000
May 1, 2020 \| Senior Notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price (as a percent)				102.56%
May 1, 2021 \| Senior Notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price (as a percent)				101.28%
May 1, 2022 \| Senior Notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price (as a percent)				100.00%