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Minimum shareholder's equity required to maintain excluding accumulated other comprehensive income/(losses)

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Revolving Credit Facility Letter of Credit Sub-Facility Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Revolving credit facility sub-limit for borrowings in alternative currencies

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of short-term borrowings using unsecured obligations issued by banks, corporations and other borrowers to investors. The maturities of these money market securities generally do not exceed 270 days.

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

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

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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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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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Maximum amount borrowed under the credit facility at any time during the period.

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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 cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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The cash outflow for debt initially having maturity due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Debt Debt - Borrowing Arragements Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 28, 2019	Dec. 29, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 4,000,000,000.0
Amount drawn on revolving credit facility		0	$ 0
Proceeds on revolving credit facility		0	0	$ 0
Revolving credit facility sub-limit for borrowings in alternative currencies		1,000,000,000.0
Revolving credit facility letter of credit sub-facility maximum borrowing capacity		300,000,000
Maximum possible increase in the amount of revolving commitments and/or term loans		1,000,000,000.0
Minimum shareholder's equity required to maintain excluding accumulated other comprehensive income/(losses)		35,000,000,000
Repayments of long-term debt		4,795,000,000	2,713,000,000	$ 2,641,000,000
Commercial paper outstanding		0	0
Commercial paper
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Commerical paper, maximum amount outstanding during period		200,000,000
Euro equivalent swing-line facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		400,000,000
Senior unsecured term loan facility floating rate (LIBOR plus 1.250 percent), due July 6, 2022
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Repayments of long-term debt	$ 600,000,000
Long-term debt, principal amount		$ 0	$ 0
LIBOR, EURIBOR and CDOR rates \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis points spread on variable rate for revolving credit facility		8750.00%
LIBOR, EURIBOR and CDOR rates \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis points spread on variable rate for revolving credit facility		17500.00%
base and Canadian prime rates \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis points spread on variable rate for revolving credit facility		0.00%
base and Canadian prime rates \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis points spread on variable rate for revolving credit facility		7500.00%