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Debt Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Debt Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2018 CAD ($)	Dec. 29, 2018 EUR (€)	May 02, 2018 EUR (€)	Jun. 03, 2015 EUR (€)	Jan. 02, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 17, 2010
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capital lease obligations	$ 415,000			$ 0.4	€ 100,000
Debt extinguishment costs	(23,509,000)	$ 0	$ 0
Current portion of long-term debt	7,492,000	16,143,000
Long-term debt, net of current portion	$ 1,666,940,000	1,698,050,000
Senior Secured Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, term	5 years
Term Loan B Facility [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 485,976,000	494,422,000
Senior Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes 3.625% Due 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit \| €					€ 515,000,000
Face amount of debt insturment \| €						€ 515,000,000.0
Long-term Debt	582,339,000	0
Deferred finance costs, gross	8,800,000
Annual interest rate						3.625%
Senior Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes 8.5% due 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual interest rate									8.50%
Senior Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes 5.375% Due 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt insturment								$ 500,000,000.0
Long-term Debt	495,124,000	493,362,000
Annual interest rate								5.375%
Senior Notes [Member] \| Senior Notes 4.75% Due 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Long-term Debt	0	608,681,000
Annual interest rate							4.75%
Secured Debt [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum availability	1,875,000,000.000
Term Loan A Facility [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	67,699,000	95,694,000
Other Notes and Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	11,189,000	22,034,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum availability	1,000,000,000.0
Availability	929,800,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member] \| Euro Member Countries, Euro
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit	$ 32,100,000	0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
Line of credit facility, interest rate at period end	2.00%			2.00%	2.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Euro Member Countries, Euro
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit \| €					€ 28,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 32,105,000	0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Availability	948,300,000
Term Loan A Facility [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt insturment	350,000,000.0
Term Loan A Facility [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member] \| Canada, Dollars
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Term Loan A Facility [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member] \| United States of America, Dollars
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit	$ 38,300,000
Term Loan A Facility [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
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Line of credit facility, interest rate at period end	4.35%			4.35%	4.35%
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Line of credit facility, interest rate at period end	4.3734%			4.3734%	4.3734%
Term Loan A Facility [Member] \| Secured Debt [Member] \| Senior Secured Facilities [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
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