Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Performance Period

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Amount of tax benefit for recognition of expense of award under share-based payment arrangement.

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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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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Net number of non-option equity instruments granted to participants.

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 28, 2021	Apr. 06, 2021	Sep. 26, 2021	Sep. 27, 2020	Sep. 26, 2021	Sep. 27, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense			$ 2.4	$ 1.7	$ 7.6	$ 2.2
Stock-based compensation, tax benefit			$ 0.6	$ 0.4	$ 1.9	$ 0.6
Time-Based Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Units granted (in shares)	14,586	9,459			123,851
Units granted, grant date fair value (in dollars per share)	$ 24.69	$ 24.26			$ 19.73
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), Grant Date Price One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Units granted (in shares)					533,883
Units granted, grant date fair value (in dollars per share)					$ 22.79
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), Grant Date Price Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Units granted (in shares)					27,350
Units granted, grant date fair value (in dollars per share)					$ 25.45
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), Grant Date Price Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Units granted (in shares)					5,470
Units granted, grant date fair value (in dollars per share)					$ 27.46
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units, Achievement of 2021-2023 Performance Targets
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Units granted (in shares)					400,000
Units granted, grant date fair value (in dollars per share)					$ 19.73
Performance period					3 years