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Amount of actuarial present value of benefits attributed to employee service rendered, excluding assumptions about future compensation level.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 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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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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Amount of cost (reversal of cost) for pension and other postretirement benefits.

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PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 26, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 26, 2022 USD ($) plan	Jun. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 26, 2021 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Retirement plan expenses \| $	$ 10.4	$ 4.0	$ 16.8	$ 9.3
Accumulated benefit obligation, defined benefit pension plans \| $	292.6		292.6		$ 373.1
Expenses related to defined contribution plans \| $	$ 8.9		$ 14.4
U.S.
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Number of defined contribution plans \| plan			2
Mexico
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Number of defined contribution plans \| plan			3
U.K.
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Number of defined contribution plans \| plan			7