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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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Amount of increase (decrease) in plan assets of defined benefit plan.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit (cost) credit from irrevocable action relieving primary responsibility for benefit obligation and eliminating risk related to obligation and assets used to effect settlement.

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Amount of the obligation recognized by withdrawing from a pension or postretirement benefit plan to which two or more unrelated employers contribute where assets contributed by one participating employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers.

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Pension, Postretirement and Postemployment Defined Benefit Plans - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2025 USD ($) plan	Jun. 23, 2024 USD ($) participant	Jun. 29, 2025 USD ($) plan	Jun. 23, 2024 USD ($) participant	Sep. 29, 2024 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of defined benefit plans \| plan	1		1
Multiemployer plans, withdrawal obligation	$ 22,700,000		$ 22,700,000		$ 23,600,000
Multiemployer plans, withdrawal obligation, period (years)			20 years
Pension Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan, plan assets, contributions by employer			$ 0	$ 0
Defined benefit plan, expected future employer contributions, next fiscal year	0		0
Defined benefit plan, benefit obligation, voluntary settlement, number of participants \| participant		522		522
Defined benefit plan, benefit obligation, lump sum payment for settlement		$ 22,600,000		$ 22,600,000
Settlement gain	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	2,409,000
Defined benefit plan, plan assets, period increase (decrease)				$ (22,600,000)