Debt - Components of Total Debt (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 3,630,494	$ 3,757,281
Current portion of long-term debt	(120,737)	(109,226)
Long-term debt	3,509,757	3,648,055
Amended and Restated 2016 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 2,151,992	2,157,037
Contractual Maturity	Jun. 27, 2023
Interest Rate	4.38%
Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 594,009	593,771
Contractual Maturity	Jun. 15, 2024
Interest Rate	5.88%
Obligations Under Capital Leases [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 369,725	336,603
Obligations Under Capital Leases [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contractual Maturity	2018
Interest Rate	2.36%
Obligations Under Capital Leases [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contractual Maturity	2025
Interest Rate	6.18%
ABL Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 35,000	80,000
Contractual Maturity	Oct. 20, 2020
Interest Rate	6.25%
2012 ABS Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 470,000	580,000
Contractual Maturity	Sep. 21, 2020
Interest Rate	2.80%
Other Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 9,768	$ 9,870
Other Debt [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contractual Maturity	2018
Interest Rate	5.75%
Other Debt [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contractual Maturity	2031
Interest Rate	9.00%

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(22))
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(16))
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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Amount of long-term debt and capital lease obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount of long-term debt and capital lease obligations including current maturities.

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Debt instruments maturity year.

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