Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Sale leaseback proceeds	$ 55.1
Sale leaseback initial lease term	15 years
Sale leaseback gain		$ 45.6
Sale leaseback lease payments			$ 27.8

Sale Leaseback Transaction, Net Proceeds

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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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Term of lessor's sales-type lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of operating lease income from lease payments paid and payable to lessor. Excludes variable lease payments not included in measurement of lease receivable.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale and leaseback transaction from transfer of asset accounted for as sale.

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