Equity Interest Investments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 21, 2015	Dec. 27, 2014	Mar. 22, 2014
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Current assets	$ 67,820us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	$ 68,851us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	$ 73,204us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Total assets	124,866us-gaap_Assets	127,881us-gaap_Assets	133,619us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities	28,694us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	31,746us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	33,599us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Total liabilities	34,651us-gaap_Liabilities	38,102us-gaap_Liabilities	43,543us-gaap_Liabilities
Stiga Sports AB [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Current assets	25,295	30,539	26,775
Non-current assets	7,869	8,082	9,444
Total assets	33,164	38,621	36,219
Current liabilities	4,334	7,669	5,498
Non-current liabilities	4,167	4,229	4,991
Total liabilities	8,501	11,898	10,489
Net assets	$ 24,663	$ 26,723	$ 25,730

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