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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting After Initial Cliff

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Initial Cliff, Percent

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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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The number of grants made 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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Stockholders' Equity and Stock-Based Compensation Stockholders' Equity and Stock-Based Compensation (NonVested Stock Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Share Unit Award) (Details) - shares		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 07, 2014	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013
Stock Awards [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Initial Cliff, Percent		25.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting After Initial Cliff		25.00%
Shares granted		524,225	1,436,658	519,575
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period		714,626	861,772	527,725
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Initial Cliff, Percent		25.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Annual Vesting After Initial Cliff		25.00%
Common Stock Equivalent		1
Vion Ingredients [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Shares granted	975,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	75.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period	118,750	252,087