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INCENTIVE COMPENSATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2012
Incentive Compensation Plans [Abstract] |
Schedule of Compensation Cost for Share-based Payment Arrangements, Allocation of Share-based Compensation Costs by Plan [Table Text Block] | Compensation cost charged as selling, general and administrative expense, the income tax benefit recognized for our share-based compensation arrangements and the weighted average fair value of the restricted shares of common stock granted is included below:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | (In thousands, except weighted average fair values)
Total share-based compensation cost |  | $ | 684 |  | $ | 568 |  | $ | —
Income tax benefit |  |  | 28 |  |  | — |  |  | —
Weighted average fair value of restricted shares of |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
common stock granted |  |  | 5.00 |  |  | 7.10 |  |  | —
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block] | The Company’s restricted share activity is included below:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  |  |  | Weighted Average |  |  |  | Weighted Average
|  |  |  | Grant Date |  |  |  | Grant Date Fair
|  | Number |  | Fair Value |  | Number |  | Value
|  | (In thousands, except weighted average fair values)
Outstanding at beginning of year |  | 200 |  | $ | 7.10 |  | — |  | $ | —
Shares granted |  | 73 |  |  | 5.00 |  | 200 |  |  | 7.10
Outstanding at end of year |  | 273 |  | $ | 6.53 |  | 200 |  | $ | 7.10

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amount of total share-based compensation cost, including the amounts attributable to each share-based compensation plan and any related tax benefits. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (h)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition Disclosure of the number and weighted-average grant date fair value for restricted stock and restricted stock units that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, and the number of restricted stock and restricted stock units that were granted, vested, or forfeited during the year. + References No definition available. + Details
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