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Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Nov. 17, 2020	Jul. 15, 2020	Jan. 02, 2022	Jan. 03, 2021	Dec. 29, 2019
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Repayments of revolving loan borrowing			71,500,000	131,024,000	87,664,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs, recorded as reduction of long-term debt, net			7,073,000	8,645,000
Other Line of Credit
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Other line of credit borrowings, outstanding			$ 0	$ 0
Other Line of Credit \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving loan facility, interest rate			3.50%	3.50%
Other Line of Credit \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving loan facility, interest rate			6.00%	6.00%
Syndicated Facility Agreement
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Revolving loan facility, remaining borrowing capacity			290,900,000
Interest rate floor, minimum		0.00%
Interest rate floor, maximum		0.75%
Payments of debt issuance costs	$ 900,000	$ 1,500,000
Interest rate floor	0.00%
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$ 3,600,000
Threshold of other indebtedness triggering default			$ 20,000,000
Maximum percentage of first tier subsidiary stock pledged as collateral			65.00%
Letters of credit, outstanding			$ 1,600,000	$ 1,600,000
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Syndicated Facility Agreement \| Minimum
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Revolving loan facility, commitment fee percentage of unused capacity			0.20%
Syndicated Facility Agreement \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Revolving loan facility, commitment fee percentage of unused capacity			0.40%
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Syndicated Facility Agreement \| LIBOR \| Maximum
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Minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio			2.25
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Syndicated Facility Agreement \| Revolving loan facility
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Term Loan and Senior Notes
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Proceeds from issuance of Senior Notes due 2028	$ 300,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage	5.50%
Percentage of principal declared due upon event of default			25.00%
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Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage			100.00%
Senior Notes \| Proceeds of Certain Equity Offerings \| Before December 1, 2023 Redemption Period
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage of principal amount redeemed			35.00%
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