INCENTIVE COMPENSATION - Schedule of Compensation Cost and Income Tax Benefit (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 25, 2022	Dec. 26, 2021	Dec. 27, 2020
Equity-Based RSU
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total cost	$ 6,863	$ 10,629	$ 2,776
Income tax benefit	1,671	2,587	676
Net cost	5,192	8,042	2,100
Equity-Based RSU \| Cost of sales
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total cost	959	3,209	838
Equity-Based RSU \| Selling, general and administrative expense
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total cost	5,904	7,420	1,938
Liability-Based RSU
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Income tax benefit	432	1,878	263
Net cost	1,341	5,837	818
Liability-Based RSU \| Selling, general and administrative expense
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total cost	$ 1,773	$ 7,715	$ 1,081

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

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (h)(1)(i)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128089324&loc=d3e5070-113901

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