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GOODWILL AND IDENTIFIED INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill by Segment | The activity in goodwill by segment for the years ended December 31, 2017 and December 25, 2016 were as follows:
|  | December 25, 2016 |  | Additions |  | Currency Translation |  | December 31, 2017
|  | (In thousands)
United States |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 41,936 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 41,936 |
U.K. and Europe |  | 761,614 |  |  | — |  |  | 72,732 |  |  | 834,346 |
Mexico |  | 125,607 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 125,607 |
Total |  | $ | 887,221 |  |  | $ | 41,936 |  |  | $ | 72,732 |  |  | $ | 1,001,889 |
|  | December 27, 2015 |  | Additions |  | Currency Translation |  | December 25, 2016
|  | (In thousands)
United States |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
U.K. and Europe |  | 915,641 |  |  | — |  |  | (154,027 | ) |  | 761,614 |
Mexico |  | 156,565 |  |  | (30,958 | ) |  | — |  |  | 125,607 |
Total |  | $ | 1,072,206 |  |  | $ | (30,958 | ) |  | $ | (154,027 | ) |  | $ | 887,221 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets | Identified intangible assets consisted of the following:
| December 25, 2016 |  | Additions |  | Amortization |  | Currency Translation |  | Disposals |  | December 31, 2017 |
| (In thousands)
Carrying amount: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | $ | 41,369 |  |  | $ | 38,200 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 117 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 79,686 |  |
Customer relationships | 151,147 |  |  | 92,900 |  |  | — |  |  | 7,905 |  |  | — |  |  | 251,952 |  |
Non-compete agreements | 300 |  |  | 20 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 320 |  |
Trade names not subject to amortization | 369,258 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 34,336 |  |  | — |  |  | 403,594 |  |
Accumulated amortization: | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | (37,128 | ) |  | — |  |  | (3,808 | ) |  | 48 |  |  | — |  |  | (40,888 | ) |
Customer relationships | (53,055 | ) |  | — |  |  | (22,571 | ) |  | (1,568 | ) |  | — |  |  | (77,194 | ) |
Non-compete agreements | (300 | ) |  | — |  |  | (7 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (307 | ) |
Total | $ | 471,591 |  |  | $ | 131,120 |  |  | $ | (26,386 | ) |  | $ | 40,838 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 617,163 |  |
| December 27, 2015 |  | Additions |  | Amortization |  | Currency Translation |  | Disposals |  | December 25, 2016 |
| (In thousands)
Carrying amount: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names | $ | 41,617 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (248 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 41,369 |  |
Customer relationships | 168,021 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (16,874 | ) |  | — |  |  | 151,147 |  |
Non-compete agreements | 300 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 300 |  |
Trade names not subject to amortization | 441,974 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (72,716 | ) |  | — |  |  | 369,258 |  |
Accumulated amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |
Trade names | (35,216 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,905 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | — |  |  | (37,128 | ) |
Customer relationships | (37,583 | ) |  | — |  |  | (16,834 | ) |  | 1,362 |  |  | — |  |  | (53,055 | ) |
Non-compete agreements | (300 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | (300 | ) |
Total | $ | 578,813 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (18,739 | ) |  | $ | (88,483 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 471,591 |  |
Intangible assets are amortized over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
Customer relationships | 5-16 years
Trade names | 3-20 years
Non-compete agreements | 3 years

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