CAPITAL STOCK - Additional Information, Long-Term Performance Awards (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2019	Dec. 29, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award performance period	3 years
Earnings per share and return on capital employed as percentage of share based payment	75.00%
Market Based Elements As Percentage Of Share Based Payment	25.00%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense	$ 88.8	$ 76.5	$ 78.7
Long-Term Performance Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense	$ 9.0	$ 4.7	$ 18.0

Earnings per Share and Return on Capital Employed as Percentage of Share Based Payment

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Amount of noncash expense for share-based payment arrangement.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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