Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award payout percentage of shares granted.

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Amount of cash inflow from exercise of stock options granted under share-based compensation arrangement.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Description of award terms as to how many shares or portion of an award are no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, thereby giving the employee the legal right to convert the award to shares, to sell the shares, and be entitled to the cash proceeds of such sale. For example, vesting may be expressed as being 25 percent of the shares under option on each anniversary of the grant date.

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General descriptive information regarding an arrangement under which employees and directors receive: (a) awards of equity shares, equity share options, or other equity instruments; or (b) the entity incurs liabilities to them: (1) in amounts based, at least in part, on the price of the entity's shares or other equity instruments; or (2) that require or may require settlement by issuance of the entity's shares. Such an arrangement is usually provided to employees and directors to compensate them, provide performance incentives to them, and to attract or retain their services. May also include pertinent information particular to a plan that is not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy.

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Fair value of share-based awards for which the grantee gained the right by satisfying service and performance requirements, to receive or retain shares or units, other instruments, or cash.

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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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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Number of options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Equity-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Apr. 01, 2018	Apr. 02, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Proceeds from exercise of stock options			$ 6,877,000	$ 2,292,000
RSUs [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			2 years
RSUs [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			3 years
PSAs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock awards vesting description			The performance conditions with respect to 2015 earnings per share targets were deemed to have been met, and all PSAs have vested. During the thirteen weeks ended April 1, 2018, 20,595 of the 2015 PSAs were vested, and during the thirteen weeks ended April 2, 2017, 21,050 of the 2015 PSAs were vested.
Total grant date fair value vested			$ 20,595	$ 21,050
Performance stock awards description	The criteria is based on a range of performance targets in which grantees may earn 0% to 200% of the base number of awards granted.	The criteria is based on a range of performance targets in which grantees may earn between 10% and 150% of the base number of awards granted.	Payout of the performance shares will either be 0% or range from 50% to 150% of the target number of shares granted, depending upon goal achievement.
PSAs [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance stock awards payout percentage of shares granted	0.00%
PSAs [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance stock awards payout percentage of shares granted	200.00%
RSAs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			3 years
Second Anniversary [Member] \| Stock option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period						3 years
Second Anniversary [Member] \| PSAs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance stock awards vesting percentage		50.00%
Third Anniversary [Member] \| Stock option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period					3 years
Third Anniversary [Member] \| PSAs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance stock awards vesting percentage		50.00%
Option One [Member] \| PSAs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance stock awards payout percentage of shares granted					0.00%
Option Two [Member] \| PSAs [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance stock awards payout percentage of shares granted		10.00%			50.00%
Option Two [Member] \| PSAs [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance stock awards payout percentage of shares granted		150.00%			150.00%
Ratably Vesting [Member] \| RSAs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			21 months
2013 Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized for issuance under plan			10,089,072
Options outstanding			3,720,726
Remaining shares available for issuance			5,205,419
2011 Option Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized for issuance under plan			12,100,000
Options outstanding			315,836