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INCENTIVE COMPENSATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2015
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION [Abstract] |
Schedule of Awards | The following awards were outstanding during the thirty-nine weeks ended September 27, 2015:
Award Type |  | Benefit Plan |  | Awards Granted |  | Grant Date |  | Grant Date Fair Value per Award(a) |  | Vesting Condition |  | Vesting Date |  | Vesting Date Fair Value per Award(a) |  | Estimated Forfeiture Rate |  | Awards Forfeited to Date |  | Settlement Method
RSU |  | LTIP |  | 608,561 |  |  | 02/04/2013 |  | $ | 8.89 |  |  | Service |  | 12/31/2014 |  | $ | 32.79 |  |  | 9.66 | % |  | 144,382 |  |  | Stock
RSA |  | LTIP |  | 15,000 |  |  | 02/25/2013 |  | 8.72 |  |  | Service |  | 02/24/2015 |  | 27.55 |  |  | — | % |  | — |  |  | Stock
RSA |  | LTIP |  | 15,000 |  |  | 02/25/2013 |  | 8.72 |  |  | Service |  | 02/24/2016 |  |  |  | — | % |  | 15,000 |  |  | Stock
RSU |  | LTIP |  | 206,933 |  |  | 02/26/2013 |  | 8.62 |  |  | Service |  | 12/31/2014 |  | 32.79 |  |  | — | % |  | — |  |  | Stock
RSU |  | LTIP |  | 462,518 |  |  | 02/19/2014 |  | 16.70 |  |  | Service |  | 12/31/2016 |  |  |  | 13.49 | % |  | 61,669 |  |  | Stock
RSU |  | LTIP |  | 269,662 |  |  | 03/03/2014 |  | 17.18 |  |  | Performance / Service |  | 12/31/2017 |  |  |  | 12.34 | % |  | 23,499 |  |  | Stock
RSU |  | LTIP |  | 158,226 |  |  | 02/26/2015 |  | 27.51 |  |  | Performance / Service |  | 12/31/2018 |  |  |  | (b) |  |  | 13,158 |  |  | Stock
(a) | The fair value of each RSA and RSU granted or vested represents the closing price of the Company's common stock on the respective grant date or vesting date.
(b) | The estimated forfeiture rate for these awards will be set if or when performance conditions associated with the awards are satisfied.
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 27, 2015 |  | September 28, 2014 |  | September 27, 2015 |  | September 28, 2014
| (In thousands)
Share-based compensation cost: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of sales | $ | 166 |  |  | $ | 60 |  |  | $ | 431 |  |  | $ | 231 |
Selling, general and administrative expense | 698 |  |  | 1,067 |  |  | 1,701 |  |  | 3,273 |
Total | $ | 864 |  |  | $ | 1,127 |  |  | $ | 2,132 |  |  | $ | 3,504 |
Income tax benefit | $ | 261 |  |  | $ | 156 |  |  | $ | 620 |  |  | $ | 672 |
Schedule of Restricted Share and Restricted Stock Unit Activity | The Company’s RSA and RSU activity is included below:
| Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 27, 2015 |  | Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 28, 2014
| 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 | 30 |  |  | $ | 8.72 |  |  | 203 |  |  | $ | 6.59 |
Vested | (15 | ) |  | 8.72 |  |  | (173 | ) |  | 6.22 |
Forfeited | (15 | ) |  | 8.72 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Outstanding at end of period | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | 30 |  |  | $ | 8.72 |
RSUs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at beginning of period | 1,120 |  |  | $ | 11.97 |  |  | 729 |  |  | $ | 8.81 |
Granted | 428 |  |  | 21.00 |  |  | 462 |  |  | 16.70 |
Vested | (671 | ) |  | 8.81 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Forfeited | (85 | ) |  | 18.51 |  |  | (71 | ) |  | 10.34 |
Outstanding at end of period | 792 |  |  | $ | 18.83 |  |  | 1,120 |  |  | $ | 11.97 |

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