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INSURANCE PROCEEDS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2012
Insurance Proceeds [Abstract] |
Insurance Proceeds [Text Block] | 19. INSURANCE PROCEEDS On August 16, 2011, an ammonia leak and explosion at our Marshville, North Carolina facility damaged portions of the building, machinery and equipment. The Company resumed operations at the Marshville facility approximately two weeks after the accident occurred. This insurance claim was still open as of December 30, 2012. On July 21, 2008, a fire at one of the Company’s facilities in Mt. Pleasant, Texas damaged a significant portion of the plant’s building, machinery and equipment. The Company resumed operations at the Mt. Pleasant plant in April 2009. The insurance claim was closed in May 2010. The Company received the following proceeds related to business interruption claims:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | (In thousands)
Mt. Pleasant, Texas |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 326
Marshville, North Carolina |  |  | 1,448 |  |  | — |  |  | —
These proceeds were recognized in Cost of sales in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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