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Debt and Financing Arrangements (Narrative) (Details)	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended														3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended																																				11 Months Ended						3 Months Ended										11 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	11 Months Ended				11 Months Ended				11 Months Ended								11 Months Ended					11 Months Ended
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Maximum [Member] Term Loan [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] Maximum [Member] Term Loan [Member] Term Loan, Base Rate, One Percent Floor [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 2015 [Member] Senior Debt Obligations [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 2016 [Member] Senior Debt Obligations [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Thereafter [Member] Senior Debt Obligations [Member]	Dec. 29, 2013 Foreign Line of Credit [Member] USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Senior Credit Facility			$ 11,500,000,000																																																																			$ 9,500,000,000	$ 9,500,000,000	$ 3,100,000,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount																	15,000,000,000					15,000,000,000				1,100,000,000	1,500,000,000			300,000,000			300,000,000				300,000,000				400,000,000			500,000,000				100,000,000		750,000,000		599,631,000				119,000,000
Short-term Debt																																																																									143,689,000		1,137,181,000	46,460,000
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	2.10%	5.10%		1.40%
Maximum borrowing capacity																											1,500,000,000																																																						2,950,000,000	6,550,000,000																									217,900,000
Long-term Debt	14,725,411,000	4,851,785,000		4,749,096,000	1,026,881,000		628,082,000	626,747,000	2,929,213,000	0	0	0.0425	6,518,524,000	0	0			0	0	186,869,000			0	152,983,000	0			17,743,000	299,648,000	299,556,000	5,599,000	299,565,000	299,516,000	58,308,000	299,933,000	299,913,000		34,433,000	395,772,000	395,268,000		500,000,000	500,000,000		0	100,000,000	100,000,000						0	119,000,000	119,000,000		0	350,000,000	350,000,000														14,725,411,000												2,000,000,000
Interest rate on notes issued						7.125%	7.125%																				1.28%		1.50%	1.50%		2.85%	2.85%		2.00%		2.00%		3.125%		3.125%								6.625%		6.00%					6.049%																												7.125%		4.25%				2.11%	2.86%		4.23%	3.55%
Derivative Asset, Notional Amount																																																														119,000,000
Long-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate																																												3.48%				3.38%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Period																3 years	3 years				3 years	3 years																																									3 years	5 years	5 years	7 years	7 years	10 years																			6 years	5 years	7 years
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate																																																																																															0.50%	1.25%	1.00%	1.50%		1.50%	2.25%	2.00%	2.50%
LIBOR Floor																																																																																																			1.00%
Base Rate Floor																																																																																																			2.00%
Derivative, Amount of Hedged Item																																																												188,500,000.0
Derivative, Fixed Interest Rate																																																													2.22%
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage																																																									8.00%
Amount Of Accounts Receivable Securitization Program																																																																					175,000,000
Receivables derecognized Under Receivable Securitization Program		161,800,000		158,700,000
Increase (decrease) in accounts receivable from securitization	(3,100,000)	132,800,000
Fair value of deferred purchase price		56,800,000		53,600,000
Increase (Decrease) in Interests Continued to be Held by Transferor, Current	3,200,000	117,100,000
Debt issuance costs																																																																									(320,824,000)	0	0	0	0	315,900,000	320,800,000
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs																																																																									29,091,000	867,000	4,692,000	3,576,000	3,836,000			29,100,000			900,000
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage	104.25%																																																																																																							102.125%	101.0625%	100.00%
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Redemption Price, Percentage, Change in Ownership	101.00%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Amount, Percent																																																																																																								40.00%
Debt Instrument, Collateral, Capital Stock, Foreign Subsidiaries, Percent																																																																																												65.00%
Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Leverage Ratio Threshold																																																																																					50,000,000
Pledged Assets Separately Reported, Finance Receivables Pledged as Collateral, at Fair Value	$ 140,000,000