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Amount of amortization expense attributable to debt discount (premium) and debt issuance costs.

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

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Date the debt instrument was issued, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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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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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt discount.

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

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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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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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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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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Amount of long-term debt classified as other, payable after one year or the operating cycle, if longer.

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The cash outflow for the settlement of obligation drawn from a contractual arrangement with the lender, including letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a specific amount at any point in time with maturities due beyond one year or the operating cycle, if longer.

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Debt, Obligations Under Capital Leases and Deemed Landlord Financing Liabilities - 2015 Revolving Credit Facility (Successor) (Details) - USD ($)		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 04, 2015	Dec. 29, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Jan. 03, 2017	Dec. 30, 2014	Mar. 20, 2015	Apr. 21, 2014
Successor
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments on revolving credit facility		$ 14,000,000		$ 19,000,000
Amortization of deferred financing costs including debt discount		200,000		400,000
Successor \| 2015 Senior Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit agreement issuance date	Aug. 04, 2015
Credit agreement maturity date	Aug. 04, 2020
Credit facility amount	$ 250,000,000
Credit facility				$ 18,500,000
Credit fees applicable margin percentage (percent)	2.00%			1.75%
Unused commitment fee percentage (percent)	0.25%			0.20%
Unamortized debt discount	$ 1,400,000	$ 1,328,000		$ 1,035,000
Deferred financing costs	$ 500,000
Interest rate on outstanding balance of credit facility (percent)				2.50%
Availability for additional borrowings under credit facility				$ 72,500,000
2015 Senior Credit Facility				$ 159,000,000
Successor \| 2015 Senior Credit Facility \| Federal Funds Effective Swap
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective base rate, margins on variable rate (percent)	0.50%
Successor \| 2015 Senior Credit Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective base rate, margins on variable rate (percent)	1.00%
Credit facility margins on variable rate (percent)	2.00%
Predecessor
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments on revolving credit facility			$ 6,000,000		$ 0
Amortization of deferred financing costs including debt discount			$ 900,000		$ 1,400,000
DTH 2013 Senior Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility	$ 17,600,000
DTH 2013 Senior Credit Facility \| Successor \| 2013 Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility	162,500,000
DTH 2013 Senior Credit Facility \| Successor \| Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments on revolving credit facility	$ 164,000,000
DTH 2013 Senior Credit Facility \| Predecessor
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility amount						$ 267,100,000.0
DTH 2013 Senior Credit Facility \| Predecessor \| 2013 Revolver
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility amount						40,000,000
Term Loan \| Predecessor \| DTH 2013 Senior Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility amount							$ 220,000,000
Credit facility						$ 227,100,000
Minimum \| Successor \| 2015 Senior Credit Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility margins on variable rate (percent)	1.50%
Minimum \| Successor \| 2015 Senior Credit Facility \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility margins on variable rate (percent)	0.50%
Maximum \| Successor \| 2015 Senior Credit Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility margins on variable rate (percent)	2.50%
Maximum \| Successor \| 2015 Senior Credit Facility \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility margins on variable rate (percent)	1.50%