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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2013
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
Schedule of reimbursable expenses included in revenues | Reimbursable expenses are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended |  | Year Ended |  | Year Ended |
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|  | December 28, 2013 (52 weeks) |  | December 29, 2012 (52 weeks) |  | December 31, 2011 (52 weeks) |
Reimbursable expenses |  | $ | 37,320 |  | $ | 33,530 |  | $ | 39,722 |
Schedule of Roll forward of the accounts receivable allowances | A rollforward of the accounts receivable allowances is as follows (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year |
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|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 9,459 |  | $ | 6,548 |
Change related to NeuCo |  |  | (2 | ) |  | — |
Additions charged to revenues |  |  | 5,644 |  |  | 6,808 |
Amounts written off |  |  | (7,891 | ) |  | (3,897 | )
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Balance at end of period |  | $ | 7,210 |  | $ | 9,459 |
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of credit losses for current financing receivables (such as trade and accounts receivable), including a rollforward of the balance. An alternative caption includes allowance for doubtful accounts. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 11B -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28368275&loc=SL6953423-111524 + Details
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