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	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 30, 2017	Sep. 29, 2018
Secondary Offerings
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses related to shares sold	$ 4,000,000
FMR LLC \| Amended and Restated 2016 Term Loan
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Principal amount			$ 55,000,000
FMR LLC \| US Foods Holding Corp
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of company's outstanding common stock			10.00%
Sponsor \| Follow-on Offerings
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from common stock sales		$ 0