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

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of debt issuance costs (for example, but not limited to, legal, accounting, broker, and regulatory fees).

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Debt and Capital Lease Obligations - Senior Secured Credit Facilities (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)				6 Months Ended
	Aug. 29, 2014	Jan. 02, 2014	Oct. 12, 2012	Jun. 30, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Financing costs			$ 12,400,000
Write off of Deferred Debt Issuance Cost	$ 800,000
Deferred Finance Costs, Gross	10,100,000
Amended Senior Credit Facility Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred Finance Costs, Gross	$ 4,800,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt facility			5 years
Aggregate principal amount of senior secured credit facilities			$ 850,000,000
Outstanding borrowings				$ 48,200,000
Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings				$ 5,900,000
Term Loan A-1 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt facility			5 years
Aggregate principal amount of senior secured credit facilities			$ 250,000,000
Incremental borrowing rate over LIBOR				1.75%
Term Loan A-2 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt facility			7 years
Aggregate principal amount of senior secured credit facilities			$ 250,000,000
Incremental borrowing rate over LIBOR				2.00%
Term Loan A-3 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt facility		7 years
Debt issued		$ 500,000,000
Capitalized financing fees		3,300,000
Accordion Feature [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Additional borrowings capacity		500,000,000
Swing Line Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of senior secured credit facilities		$ 85,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of senior secured credit facilities				$ 2,000,000,000
Outstanding borrowings				1,000,000,000
Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding borrowings				$ 985,000,000