Significant Accounting Policies (Details)			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 26, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 26, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 26, 2015 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Reclassification of deferred income tax expense (benefit)			$ 46,000,000
Nature of business
Number of states in which rural lifestyle retail stores are operated by the company	49		49
Self insurance reserves
Self-insured employee medical stop loss limit			$ 300,000
Workers compensation and general liability deductible			500,000
Self-insurance reserves	$ 54,300,000	$ 51,200,000	54,300,000	$ 51,200,000
Impairment of long-lived assets
Impairment charges			0	0	$ 0
Revenue recognition and sales returns
Reserve for sales returns	4,200,000	3,300,000
Gift card revenue			1,900,000	1,600,000	900,000
Advertising costs
Advertising expenses			84,200,000	73,900,000	70,400,000
Prepaid advertising costs	2,100,000	1,600,000	2,100,000	1,600,000
Warehousing and distribution costs
Distribution center costs			166,800,000	145,400,000	121,100,000
Preopening costs
Preopening costs			$ 9,900,000	9,600,000	8,900,000
Cash and cash equivalents
Minimum processing time for payments due from banks for customer credit card transactions			24
Maximum processing time for payments due from banks for customer credit card transactions			48
Fair value disclosures
Senior Credit Facility amount outstanding		$ 150,000,000		150,000,000		$ 0
Property and equipment
Cost of option to purchase the real property	1		$ 1
Goodwill and other intangible assets
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment			0	$ 0	$ 0
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Liability	2,817,000		$ 2,817,000
Franklin, KY DC
Property and equipment
Industrial Revenue Bond, Maturity Date			30 years
Maximum Principal Amount of Bond Authorized	54,000,000		$ 54,000,000
Net Bond Proceeds Issued	51,800,000		$ 51,800,000
Macon, GA DC
Property and equipment
Industrial Revenue Bond, Maturity Date			15 years
Maximum Principal Amount of Bond Authorized	58,000,000		$ 58,000,000
Net Bond Proceeds Issued	49,900,000		$ 49,900,000
Brentwood, TN SSC
Property and equipment
Industrial Revenue Bond, Maturity Date			10 years
Maximum Principal Amount of Bond Authorized	78,000,000		$ 78,000,000
Net Bond Proceeds Issued	$ 75,300,000		$ 75,300,000
Building | Minimum
Property and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment, useful life			30 years
Building | Maximum
Property and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment, useful life			35 years
Leaseholds and Building Improvements | Minimum
Property and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment, useful life			5 years
Leaseholds and Building Improvements | Maximum
Property and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment, useful life			35 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | Minimum
Property and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment, useful life			5 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | Maximum
Property and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment, useful life			10 years
Computer software and hardware | Minimum
Property and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment, useful life			3 years
Computer software and hardware | Maximum
Property and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment, useful life			5 years
TEXAS
Self insurance reserves
Workers compensation and general liability deductible			$ 750,000
TSCO and Petsense [Domain]
Nature of business
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company	1,738		1,738
TSCO stores [Domain]
Nature of business
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company	1,595		1,595
Petsense stores [Domain]
Nature of business
Number of rural lifestyle retail stores operated by the company	143		143