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Prepaid Expenses: (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2013

Prepaid Expenses:

Schedule of prepaid expenses

Prepaid expenses consisted of (in thousands):

		January 1, 2013			January 3, 2012
Gift card costs		$	13,159		$	11,600
Rent		13,572			12,671
Other		13,156			12,227
Total		$	39,887		$	36,498

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Tabular disclosure of the amounts paid in advance for capitalized costs that will be expensed with the passage of time or the occurrence of a triggering event, and will be charged against earnings within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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