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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award percentage of performance conditions need to be met in order for the shares to vest.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award performance condition.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Description of terms of share-based payment arrangement. Includes, but is not limited to, type of award or grantee and reason for issuance.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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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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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Expected term of award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average grant-date fair value of options vested.

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Equity-based Compensation - Additional Information (Details) - $ / shares		3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Mar. 06, 2020	Jun. 26, 2020	Mar. 27, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Mar. 29, 2019	Jun. 26, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock and stock units, granted		219,800		203,400		599,928	418,726
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| 2010 Equity Award Plan [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	3 years
Stock options granted	173,010	0		26,500	0
Stock options granted, fair value	$ 1.96			$ 1.26
Stock option vest, fair value	$ 5.88			$ 4.20
Expected term	5 years 2 months 12 days			3 years 8 months 12 days
Expected volatility	36.70%			36.10%
Expected dividend yield	0.00%			0.00%
Risk-free rate of return	0.60%			2.20%
Performance Shares [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock and stock units, granted			115,410	0	0
Percentage of performance conditions need to be met in order for the shares to vest			80.00%
Award vesting period			3 years
Award vesting period expiration date			Dec. 31, 2022
Performance Conditions			The shares will only vest, in part, to senior management if at least 80% of a three-year cumulative target for diluted earnings per share is met for the three-year period ended December 31, 2022. If at least 80% of the three-year EPS target is not met, the grants will expire.
Non Performance Shares [Member] \| Stock Vesting, One Year From Grant Date [Member] \| Vesting Period Of Three Years
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period		3 years		3 years		3 years	3 years
Non Performance Shares [Member] \| Stock Vesting, One Year From Grant Date [Member] \| Vesting Period of 4 Years [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period		4 years		4 years		4 years	4 years
Director Members [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock and stock units, granted			170,848		215,326
Vesting period description			The shares vest in four equal quarterly increments
Senior Management [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock and stock units, granted			209,280