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INCENTIVE COMPENSATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2014
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION [Abstract] |
Schedule of Awards | The following awards existed during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 28, 2014:
Award Type |  | Benefit Plan |  | Award Quantity |  | Grant Date |  | Vesting Condition |  | Vesting Date |  | Estimated Forfeiture Rate |  | Settlement Method
RSA |  | Employment Agreement |  | 100,000 |  |  | January 14, 2011 |  | Service |  | January 3, 2014 |  | — | % |  | Stock
RSA |  | LTIP |  | 72,675 |  |  | August 27, 2012 |  | Service |  | April 27, 2014 |  | — | % |  | Stock
RSU |  | LTIP |  | 608,561 |  |  | February 4, 2013 |  | Service |  | December 31, 2014 |  | 9.66 | % |  | Stock
RSA |  | LTIP |  | 15,000 |  |  | February 25, 2013 |  | Service |  | February 24, 2015 |  | — | % |  | Stock
RSA |  | LTIP |  | 15,000 |  |  | February 25, 2013 |  | Service |  | February 24, 2016 |  | — | % |  | Stock
RSU |  | LTIP |  | 206,933 |  |  | February 26, 2013 |  | Service |  | December 31, 2014 |  | — | % |  | Stock
RSU |  | LTIP |  | 462,518 |  |  | February 19, 2014 |  | Service |  | December 31, 2016 |  | 13.49 | % |  | Stock
Schedule of Compensation Cost and Income Tax Benefit | Compensation costs and the income tax benefit recognized for our share-based compensation arrangements are included below:
| Thirteen Weeks Ended |  | Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended
| September 28, 2014 |  | September 29, 2013 |  | September 28, 2014 |  | September 29, 2013
| (In thousands)
Share-based compensation cost: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of sales | $ | 60 |  |  | $ | 102 |  |  | $ | 231 |  |  | $ | 255 |
Selling, general and administrative expense | 1,067 |  |  | 711 |  |  | 3,273 |  |  | 2,160 |
Total | $ | 1,127 |  |  | $ | 813 |  |  | $ | 3,504 |  |  | $ | 2,415 |
Income tax benefit | $ | 156 |  |  | $ | 151 |  |  | $ | 672 |  |  | $ | 488 |
Schedule of Restricted Share and Restricted Stock Unit Activity | The Company’s RSA and RSU activity is included below:
| Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 28, 2014 |  | Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 29, 2013
| Number |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Number |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
| (In thousands, except weighted average fair values)
RSAs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at beginning of period | 203 |  |  | $ | 6.59 |  |  | 273 |  |  | $ | 6.54 |
Granted | — |  |  | — |  |  | 30 |  |  | 8.72 |
Vested | (173 | ) |  | 6.22 |  |  | (100 | ) |  | 7.10 |
Outstanding at end of period | 30 |  |  | $ | 8.72 |  |  | 203 |  |  | $ | 6.59 |
RSUs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at beginning of period | 729 |  |  | $ | 8.81 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Granted | 462 |  |  | 16.70 |  |  | 815 |  |  | 8.82 |
Vested | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Forfeited | (71 | ) |  | 10.34 |  |  | (72 | ) |  | 8.89 |
Outstanding at end of period | 1,120 |  |  | $ | 11.97 |  |  | 743 |  |  | $ | 8.81 |

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