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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion 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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Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)								3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 10, 2019	Jul. 25, 2019	Sep. 12, 2018	Aug. 27, 2018	Sep. 27, 2017	Apr. 09, 2015	Mar. 23, 2015	Dec. 29, 2019	Sep. 29, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 29, 2019	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt																$ 500,000,000	$ 300,000,000	$ 156,746,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt								$ 0	$ (14,523,000)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 5,414,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 14,523,000	5,414,000	0
Senior Notes Due 2028 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage																101.00%
Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage																101.00%
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense																$ 46,100,000	38,700,000	$ 29,700,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes Due 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal of debt issued		$ 500,000,000.0
Interest rate stated percentage								5.375%								5.375%
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		493,300,000
Debt issuance cost		$ 6,700,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes Due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal of debt issued				$ 300,000,000.0
Interest rate stated percentage								5.75%								5.75%
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt				295,700,000
Debt issuance cost				4,300,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal of debt issued					$ 150,000,000.0		$ 475,000,000.0
Interest rate stated percentage								5.625%								5.625%
Issuance price, percentage					104.00%		100.00%
Unamortized premium					$ 6,000,000.0			$ 0				3,684,000				$ 0	$ 3,684,000
Write off of debt issuance costs	$ 3,500,000		$ 1,100,000
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt					153,900,000		$ 467,900,000
Debt issuance cost					$ 2,100,000		7,100,000
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount	500,000,000.0			$ 125,000,000.0
Extinguishment of Debt, Premium Paid	14,100,000		5,300,000
Write off of unamortized debt premium	3,100,000		1,000,000.0
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$ (14,500,000)		$ (5,400,000)
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes Due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal of debt issued							$ 500,000,000.0
Interest rate stated percentage							8.25%
Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 150,000,000.0													$ 250,000,000.0
Maximum pro forma secured leverage ratio																	4.5
Remaining borrowing capacity								198,000,000.0								198,000,000.0
Line of credit, amount outstanding								$ 0				$ 0				$ 0	$ 0
Minimum \| Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unutilized commitment fee percentage																	0.25%
Minimum \| Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility 2020 \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate																	0.25%
Minimum \| Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility 2020 \| Eurodollar Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate						1.25%
Maximum \| Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility 2020 \| Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate																	0.75%
Maximum \| Revolving Credit Facility \| ABL Facility 2020 \| Eurodollar Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate						1.50%