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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2018
Sales by Sales Channel Category in Each Reportable Segment | Sales by sales channel category in each reportable segment are as follows for fiscal years 2018, 2017, and 2016 (amounts in thousands):
|  | Fiscal 2018 |  |  | Fiscal 2017 |  |  | Fiscal 2016 |
|  | Total |  |  | DSD Segment |  |  | Warehouse Segment |  |  | Total |  |  | DSD Segment |  |  | Warehouse Segment |  |  | Total |  |  | DSD Segment |  |  | Warehouse Segment |
Branded retail |  | $ | 2,335,831 |  |  | $ | 2,188,638 |  |  | $ | 147,193 |  |  | $ | 2,303,301 |  |  | $ | 2,149,451 |  |  | $ | 153,850 |  |  | $ | 2,283,526 |  |  | $ | 2,114,142 |  |  | $ | 169,384 |
Store branded retail |  |  | 597,147 |  |  |  | 483,001 |  |  |  | 114,146 |  |  |  | 582,738 |  |  |  | 471,199 |  |  |  | 111,539 |  |  |  | 582,280 |  |  |  | 464,456 |  |  |  | 117,824 |
Non-retail and other |  |  | 1,018,874 |  |  |  | 668,408 |  |  |  | 350,466 |  |  |  | 1,034,694 |  |  |  | 697,913 |  |  |  | 336,781 |  |  |  | 1,061,079 |  |  |  | 705,579 |  |  |  | 355,500 |
Total |  | $ | 3,951,852 |  |  | $ | 3,340,047 |  |  | $ | 611,805 |  |  | $ | 3,920,733 |  |  | $ | 3,318,563 |  |  | $ | 602,170 |  |  | $ | 3,926,885 |  |  | $ | 3,284,177 |  |  | $ | 642,708 |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Activity | Activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | Beginning Balance |  |  | Charged to Expense |  |  | Write-Offs and Other |  |  | Ending Balance |
Fiscal 2018 |  | $ | 3,154 |  |  | $ | 6,963 |  |  | $ | 4,366 |  |  | $ | 5,751 |
Fiscal 2017 |  | $ | 1,703 |  |  | $ | 4,215 |  |  | $ | 2,764 |  |  | $ | 3,154 |
Fiscal 2016 |  | $ | 1,341 |  |  | $ | 3,365 |  |  | $ | 3,003 |  |  | $ | 1,703 |
Weighted Percentage of Sales from Largest Customers | Our largest customer, Walmart/Sam’s Club, weighted percent of sales for fiscal years 2018, 2017 and 2016 was as follows:
|  | Percent of Sales |
|  | DSD Segment |  |  | Warehouse Segment |  |  | Total |
Fiscal 2018 |  |  | 17.9 | % |  |  | 2.4 | % |  |  | 20.3 | %
Fiscal 2017 |  |  | 17.6 | % |  |  | 2.4 | % |  |  | 20.0 | %
Fiscal 2016 |  |  | 17.0 | % |  |  | 2.6 | % |  |  | 19.6 | %
Estimated Useful Lives by Property Plant and Equipment Class | The table below presents the range of estimated useful lives by property, plant and equipment class.
|  | Useful life term (years)
Asset Class |  | Low |  | High
Buildings |  | 10 |  | 40
Machinery and equipment |  | 3 |  | 25
Furniture, fixtures and transportation equipment |  | 3 |  | 15
Schedule of Depreciation Expense | Depreciation expense for fiscal years 2018, 2017, and 2016 was as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | Depreciation expense |
Fiscal 2018 |  | $ | 118,232 |
Fiscal 2017 |  | $ | 119,445 |
Fiscal 2016 |  | $ | 116,367 |
Schedule of Total Impairments and Line Item Recorded in Our Consolidated Statements of Income | In fiscal 2018, we recorded asset impairment charges for long-lived held and used assets of $7.3 million. Total impairments, and the line item to which each item is recorded in our Consolidated Statements of Income, are presented below (amounts in thousands):
Impairment of assets line item |  | Unallocated corporate costs |  |  | DSD Segment |  |  | Warehouse Segment |  |  | Total |
Property, plant and equipment |  | $ | 3,516 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,516 |
Impairment of assets |  | $ | 3,516 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,516 |
Restructuring and related impairment charges line item |  | Unallocated corporate costs |  |  | DSD Segment |  |  | Warehouse Segment |  |  | Total |
Plant closings |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,952 |  |  | $ | 204 |  |  | $ | 3,156 |
Line closings |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 661 |  |  |  | 661 |
Impairment of assets |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,952 |  |  | $ | 865 |  |  | $ | 3,817 |
Inventory Valuation Reserve |
Summary of Valuation Allowance | Activity in the inventory reserve allowance is as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | Beginning Balance |  |  | Charged to Expense |  |  | Write-Offs and Other |  |  | Ending Balance |
Fiscal 2018 |  | $ | 673 |  |  | $ | 740 |  |  | $ | 1,270 |  |  | $ | 143 |
Fiscal 2017 |  | $ | 1,090 |  |  | $ | 1,684 |  |  | $ | 2,101 |  |  | $ | 673 |
Fiscal 2016 |  | $ | 238 |  |  | $ | 1,324 |  |  | $ | 472 |  |  | $ | 1,090 |
Valuation Allowance of Deferred Tax Assets |
Summary of Valuation Allowance | The deductions column in the table below presents the amounts reduced in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance that were recorded to, and included as part of, deferred tax expense. The additions column represents amounts that increased the allowance. Activity in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance is as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | Beginning Balance |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Additions |  |  | Ending Balance |
Fiscal 2018 |  | $ | 111 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 253 |  |  | $ | 364 |
Fiscal 2017 |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 93 |  |  | $ | 111 |
Fiscal 2016 |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 18 |

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