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Prepaid Expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 02, 2018
Prepaid Expenses |
Schedule of prepaid expenses | Prepaid expenses consisted of (in thousands):
|  | January 2, 2018 |  | January 3, 2017 |
Gift card costs |  | $ | 23,814 |  | $ | 23,786 |
Rent |  | 12,300 |  | 16,072 |
Other |  | 21,552 |  | 12,580 |
Total |  | $ | 57,666 |  | $ | 52,438 |

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