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IDENTIFIED INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2012
Identified Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Identified intangible assets consisted of the following:
|  | Useful Life |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  | Carrying
|  | (Years) |  | Original Cost |  | Amortization |  | Amount
|  | (In thousands)
December 25, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names |  | 3–15 |  | $ | 40,143 |  | $ | (27,445 | ) |  | $ | 12,698
Customer relationships |  | 13 |  |  | 51,000 |  |  | (19,615 | ) |  |  | 31,385
Non-compete agreements |  | 3 |  |  | 300 |  |  | (300 | ) |  |  | —
Total intangible assets |  |  |  |  | 91,443 |  |  | (47,360 | ) |  |  | 44,083
December 30, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names |  | 3–15 |  |  | 40,143 |  |  | (29,263 | ) |  |  | 10,880
Customer relationships |  | 13 |  |  | 51,000 |  |  | (23,614 | ) |  |  | 27,386
Non-compete agreements |  | 3 |  |  | 300 |  |  | (300 | ) |  |  | —
Total intangible assets |  |  |  | $ | 91,443 |  | $ | (53,177 | ) |  | $ | 38,266

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life, by either major class or business segment. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7658586&loc=d3e16323-109275 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7658586&loc=d3e16265-109275 + Details
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