Feature to increase aggregate loan commitment to a specified amount.

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Line of Credit Facility, Capital Expenditures Limit

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Number of Days Past Due

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Percentage of equity interest guaranteed for debt.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Amount of cash outflow for payment of an obligation from a lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER BORROWING ARRANGEMENTS (Narrative) (Details)						9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2016 MXN	Apr. 22, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 12, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 11, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 23, 2014 MXN	Sep. 25, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 27, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 11, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt						$ 1,017,630,000	$ 1,000,462,000
2015 US Credit Facility Term Loans [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate						1.77%	1.77%
Long-term debt						$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Mexico Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity					MXN 1,500,000,000.0	75,800,000
Long-term debt						17,232,000	$ 0
Current borrowing capacity						58,600,000
Outstanding borrowings						$ 17,200,000
Interest rate on short-term credit facility amounts outstanding						5.50%
Mexico Credit Facility [Member] \| TIIE Rate [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate					0.90%	0.90%	0.90%
Senior Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes 5.75% Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount								$ 500,000,000
Stated interest rate						5.75%	5.75%	5.75%
Long-term debt						$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of lines of credit			$ 350,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity						700,000,000.0
Available increase to aggregate revolving loan commitment				$ 1,000,000,000.0
Number of days past due (more than)				15 days
Current borrowing capacity						657,300,000
Letters of credit outstanding						42,700,000
Credit facility, capital expenditures limit				$ 500,000,000.0
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility [Member] \| Swingline Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity				75,000,000.0
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 125,000,000.0
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility [Member] \| US and Puerto Rico Subsidiaries [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest guaranteed for debt				100.00%
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility [Member] \| Foreign Subsidiaries [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest guaranteed for debt				65.00%
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				1.50%
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				1.25%
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				2.75%
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				0.50%
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				0.25%
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				1.75%
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility Revolver [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 700,000,000.0
Outstanding borrowings						0
Radobank [Member] \| 2015 US Credit Facility Term Loans [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of lines of credit		$ 150,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 1,000,000,000.0
Long-term debt						$ 500,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Mexico Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity \| MXN	MXN 1,500,000,000.0
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Mexico Credit Facility [Member] \| TIIE Rate [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.95%