The fair value of the share based compensation awards after the plan modification.

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The amount of threshold cash return on its investment upon a change in control of the Company ("Termination Event"), to determine the vesting and exercisability of performance shares.

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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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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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Summary of significant accounting policies - Stock-based compensation Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2022	Jul. 24, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Contractual term				10 years
Threshold cash return on investment upon termination event to determine vesting of performance shares		$ 1,515,000		$ 1,515,000
Fair value after plan modification			$ 33,000
Share-based compensation expense				$ 109,170	$ 35,805	$ 6,743
Employee Stock Option, Target-Based
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	$ 33,000