Benefit Plans - Multi-Employer Plans (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016
Multiemployer Plans [Line Items]
Pension trust fund, Contribution	$ 800	$ 728	$ 692
Employer-Teamsters and Pension Trust Fund [Member]
Multiemployer Plans [Line Items]
Pension Trust Fund	Red	Red	Red
Pension trust fund FIP/RP Status pending/implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented
Pension trust fund, Surcharge imposed	Yes	Yes	Yes

Amount of contributions made to multiemployer plan by employer.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 80
-Section 50
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Indicate the multiemployer plan's certified zone status as currently required by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 or a subsequent amendment thereof. The zone status categories are red (critical status), orange (seriously endangered), yellow (endangered), and green (none of the above). The acceptable values are "red", "orange", "yellow", "green", "other", and "NA". A multiemployer plan is a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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Indicate whether a funding improvement plan or rehabilitation plan has been implemented or is pending for a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers. The acceptable values are "no", "pending", "implemented", "other", and "NA".

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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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Indicate whether the employer paid a surcharge to the pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers. The acceptable values are "no", "yes", and "NA".

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