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NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2017
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract] |
Schedule of ownership interests in SSE holdings | The following table summarizes the ownership interest in SSE Holdings as of September 27, 2017 and December 28, 2016.
| September 27, 2017 |  |  | December 28, 2016 |
| LLC Interests |  |  | Ownership% |  |  | LLC Interests |  |  | Ownership % |
Number of LLC Interests held by Shake Shack Inc. | 26,161,111 |  |  | 71.2 | % |  | 25,151,384 |  |  | 69.1 | %
Number of LLC Interests held by non-controlling interest holders | 10,567,792 |  |  | 28.8 | % |  | 11,253,592 |  |  | 30.9 | %
Total LLC Interests outstanding | 36,728,903 |  |  | 100.0 | % |  | 36,404,976 |  |  | 100.0 | %
Schedule of non-controlling interest | The following table summarizes the effects of changes in ownership of SSE Holdings on our equity during the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 27, 2017 and September 28, 2016.
|  | Thirteen Weeks Ended |  |  | Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended |
| September 27 2017 |  |  | September 28 2016 |  |  | September 27 2017 |  |  | September 28 2016 |
Net income attributable to Shake Shack Inc. | $ | 4,997 |  |  | $ | 3,766 |  |  | $ | 12,143 |  |  | $ | 8,526 |
Other comprehensive income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities | 47 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | 45 |  |  | (10 | )
Transfers (to) from non-controlling interests: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Increase in additional paid-in capital as a result of the redemption of LLC Interests | 841 |  |  | 4,708 |  |  | 2,883 |  |  | 15,086 |
| Increase in additional paid-in capital as a result of activity under stock compensation plans | 78 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 3,580 |  |  | 421 |
Total effect of changes in ownership interest on equity attributable to Shake Shack Inc. | $ | 5,963 |  |  | $ | 8,486 |  |  | $ | 18,651 |  |  | $ | 24,023 |

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