Employee Benefit Plans, Pensions, and Other Retiree Benefits (Pension) (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Oct. 02, 2015 USD ($)
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Pension benefit obligations at the end of the fiscal year	$ 14.9
Fair value of plan assets at the end of the fiscal year	9.8
Funded status	(5.1)
Net periodic benefit costs	$ 0.1

The total amount of net periodic benefit cost for defined benefit plans for the period. Periodic benefit costs include the following components: service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) due to settlements or curtailments.

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- Definition

1) For defined benefit pension plans, the benefit obligation is the projected benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value as of a date of all benefits attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee service rendered prior to that date. 2) For other postretirement defined benefit plans, the benefit obligation is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, which is the actuarial present value of benefits attributed to employee service rendered to a particular date.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Glossary Projected Benefit Obligation

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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- Definition

Assets, usually stocks, bonds, and other investments, that have been segregated and restricted (usually in a trust) to provide benefits, at their fair value as of the measurement date. Plan assets include amounts contributed by the employer (and by employees for a contributory plan) and amounts earned from investing the contributions, less benefits paid. If a plan has liabilities other than for benefits, those non-benefit obligations may be considered as reductions of plan assets.

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The funded status is measured as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligation. Will normally be the same as the net Defined Benefit Plan, Amounts Recognized in Balance Sheet, Total.

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