Entity Wide Revenue Major Customer Percentage Of Consolidated Net Sales.

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Number of Remaining Reportable Segments Which are Based on Geographical Location

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
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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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Reportable Segments Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2018	Sep. 29, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Jul. 01, 2017	Apr. 01, 2017	Dec. 29, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Operating Segments									10
Number of Remaining Reportable Segments Which are Based on Geographical Location									3
Net sales	$ 3,317	$ 3,469	$ 3,360	$ 3,401	$ 3,185	$ 3,246	$ 3,175	$ 3,248	$ 13,547	$ 12,854	$ 12,965
Walmart Stores Inc [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Largest customer, percentage of consolidated net sales									19.00%	20.00%	20.00%
Cookie and fruit snacks
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									$ 900