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Assets Held for Sale (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Property Plant And Equipment Assets Held For Sale Disclosure [Abstract] |
Proceeds from Sale of Acquired Hostess Bread Assets | The table below presents the proceeds from the sale of the Acquired Hostess Bread Assets for fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014 (amounts in thousands):
|  | Proceeds from sale of Acquired Hostess Bread Assets |
Fiscal 2016 |  | $ | 6,848 |
Fiscal 2015 |  | $ | 9,079 |
Fiscal 2014 |  | $ | 24,163 |
Assets Held for Sale | The table below presents the assets held for sale as of December 31, 2016 and January 2, 2016, respectively (amounts in thousands):
|  | December 31, 2016 |  |  | January 2, 2016 |
Distribution rights |  | $ | 31,897 |  |  | $ | 28,325 |
Acquired Hostess Bread Assets plants and depots |  |  | 479 |  |  |  | 3,082 |
Other |  |  | 4,600 |  |  |  | 4,784 |
Total assets held for sale |  | $ | 36,976 |  |  | $ | 36,191 |

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