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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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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=96867065&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=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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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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Stockholders' Equity and Stock-Based Compensation Non-Vested Stock, Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Share Unit Awards (Details) - shares			12 Months Ended
	Feb. 06, 2017	Feb. 25, 2016	Dec. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted (in shares)			454,916
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted (in shares)			147,390
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting after initial cliff			33.33%
Shares granted (in shares)	559,388	664,120	559,388	664,120
Shares vested (in shares)			0	0
Stock Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Initial cliff			25.00%
Annual vesting after initial cliff			25.00%
Shares granted (in shares)			104,750	602,306	524,225
Shares vested (in shares)			(486,086)	(413,654)	(714,626)
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock equivalent (in shares)			1