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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Merger Agreement - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	Jul. 14, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 25, 2021 $ / shares shares	Dec. 26, 2020 shares	Sep. 26, 2020 shares	Jun. 27, 2020 shares	Mar. 28, 2020 shares	Dec. 28, 2019 shares
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Common stock converted (in shares)	91,220,901
Stock issued (in shares)	37,500,000
Stock price (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 10.00
PIPE investment proceeds \| $	$ 375,000
Transaction costs \| $	$ 36,140
Warrants, exercise price (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 11.50
Exchange ratio	164.83
Common stock, outstanding (in shares)	187,392,901	187,481,206	90,934,930	89,726,225	89,637,920	89,637,920	89,549,615
Old Hillman shareholders
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Common stock, outstanding (in shares)	553,439
Public shareholders
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Shares issued (in shares)	50,000,000
SPAC sponsors
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Shares issued (in shares)	8,672,000
Public Warrants
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Warrants, common stock issuable (in shares)	16,666,628
Warrants, exercise price (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 11.50
Private Placement Warrants
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Warrants, common stock issuable (in shares)	8,000,000
Warrants, exercise price (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 11.50