Borrowing base as a percentage of eligible receivables minus reserves under the terms of the credit facility.

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The aggregate borrowing capacity under the credit facility, consisting of the maximum borrowing capacity plus the contingent increase, if any one or more of the existing banks or new banks agree to provide such increased commitment amount.

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Maturity period under the credit facility, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Threshold amount in which fixed charge coverage ratio must be maintained at any time during which borrowing availability is below amount.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions 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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.16)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 20, 22
-Article 5

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Borrowings Under Revolving Credit Facility (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 24, 2016	Sep. 25, 2016	Jun. 23, 2016
Revolving Credit Facility
Credit Facility
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 35.0
Outstanding principal balance		0.0
Maturity period	5 years
Maximum aggregate commitment amount		$ 50.0
Borrowing base as a percent of Eligible Receivables minus Reserves		85.00%
Borrowing availability threshold		$ 10.0
Standby letters of credit
Credit Facility
Maximum borrowing capacity		5.0
Swingline loan
Credit Facility
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 10.0
Minimum \| Eurodollar rate \| Revolving Credit Facility
Credit Facility
Interest rate spread on variable rate basis (as a percent)		1.50%
Maximum \| Eurodollar rate \| Revolving Credit Facility
Credit Facility
Interest rate spread on variable rate basis (as a percent)		1.75%
Revolving Credit Facility, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and SunTrust Bank
Credit Facility
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 35.0
Outstanding principal balance			$ 0.0
Available borrowing capacity		$ 35.0