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Segment Reporting Disclosure Text Block | 20. Segmented I nformation In the fourth quarter of 201 3, the Company implemented changes to its organizational structure to align and focus the operation s of SunOpta Foods on three key “go-to-market” categories: raw material sourcing and supply; value-added ingredients; and consumer-packaged products. Consequently, the Company realigned the operating segments of SunOpta Foods to reflect the resulting changes in management reporting and accountability to the Company's Chief Executive Officer. The Company believes this new operational structure better align s with SunOpta Food s' integrated “field-to-table” business model and product portfolio. T he segment information presented below for fiscal 2013 and comparative periods has been restated to reflect the realigned operating s egments of SunOpta Foods. T he Opta Minerals operating segment remained unchanged. Effective with the realignment, the Company operates in the following four reportable segment s: Global Sourcing and Supply aggregates the Company's North American-based R aw M aterial S ourcing and S upply and European-based International Sourcing and Supply operating segments focused on the procurement and sale of specialty and organic grains and seeds, raw material ingredients, and organic commodities. ValueAdded Ingredients manufactures and supplies fiber, grain and fruit i ngredients focusing on cereal, bakery, dairy, snack and food service market categories. Consumer Products manufacture s and supplie sbranded and private label aseptic beverages; re-sealable pouch products; individually quick frozen fruits and vegetables; premium juices; shelf stable juices and waters; and fruit- and grain-based snacks. Opta Minerals processes, distributes and recycles industrial minerals, silica-free abrasives, and specialty sands for use in the steel, foundry, loose abrasive cleaning, and municipal water filtration industries. In addition, Corporate Services provide s a variety of management, financial, information technology, treasury and administration services to each of the operating segments from the Company's head office in Brampton, Ontario, and information technology and shared services from its office in Edina, Minnesota. When reviewing the operating results of the Company's operating segments, management uses segment revenues from external customers and segment operating income to assess performance and allocate resources. Segment operating income excludes other income or expense items and goodwill impairment losses. In addition, interest expense and income amounts, and provisions for income taxes are not allocated to operating segments. Segment Revenues and Operating Income Reportable segment operating results for the years ended December 28, 2013, December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows:
|  |  |  | December 28, 2013
|  |  |  | Global | Value |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Sourcing | Added | Consumer | SunOpta | Opta | Consol-
|  |  |  | and Supply | Ingredients | Products | Foods | Minerals | idated
|  |  |  | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $
Segment revenues from external customers | 529,888 | 131,157 | 379,449 | 1,040,494 | 141,435 | 1,181,929
Segment operating income | 7,622 | 7,895 | 25,224 | 40,741 | 6,731 | 47,472
Corporate Services |  |  |  |  |  | (8,390)
Other expense, net(1) |  |  |  |  |  | (7,049)
Goodwill impairment(2) |  |  |  |  |  | (3,552)
Interest expense, net |  |  |  |  |  | (7,860)
Impairment loss on investment |  |  |  |  |  | (21,495)
Loss from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |
| before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  | (874)
|  |  |  | December 29, 2012
|  |  |  | Global | Value |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Sourcing | Added | Consumer | SunOpta | Opta | Consol-
|  |  |  | and Supply | Ingredients | Products | Foods | Minerals | idated
|  |  |  | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $
Segment revenues from external customers | 499,454 | 123,551 | 341,408 | 964,413 | 126,651 | 1,091,064
Segment operating income | 14,137 | 7,975 | 20,799 | 42,911 | 10,062 | 52,973
Corporate Services |  |  |  |  |  | (6,001)
Other expense, net |  |  |  |  |  | (2,194)
Goodwill impairment |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense, net |  |  |  |  |  | (9,333)
Impairment loss on investment |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |
| before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  | 35,445
|  |  |  | December 31, 2011
|  |  |  | Global | Value |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | Sourcing | Added | Consumer | SunOpta | Opta | Consol-
|  |  |  | and Supply | Ingredients | Products | Foods | Minerals | idated
|  |  |  | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $
Segment revenues from external customers | 490,611 | 133,429 | 302,711 | 926,751 | 93,120 | 1,019,871
Segment operating income | 11,480 | 10,205 | 13,273 | 34,958 | 7,577 | 42,535
Corporate Services |  |  |  |  |  | (8,766)
Other income, net(3) |  |  |  |  |  | 2,832
Goodwill impairment |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense, net |  |  |  |  |  | (8,839)
Impairment loss on investment |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |
| before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  | 27,762
Other expense, net for the year ended December 29, 2013 includes an impairment of intangible assets in Opta Minerals of $310 (see note 13). Goodwill impairment loss of $3,552 for the year ended December 28, 2013 relates to Opta Minerals (see note 9). Other income, net for the year ended December 31, 2011 includes an impairment of long-lived assets in Consumer Products of $358 (see note 13). Segment Assets Total assets and goodwill by reportable segment as at December 28, 2013 and December 29, 2012 were as follows:
|  |  |  | December 28, 2013 | December 29, 2012
|  |  |  | $ | $
Segment assets: |  |
| Global Sourcing and Supply | 304,826 | 307,372
| Value Added Ingredients | 64,855 | 61,098
| Consumer Products | 167,590 | 146,705
|  | SunOpta Foods | 537,271 | 515,175
| Opta Minerals | 137,106 | 141,418
|  | Total segment assets | 674,377 | 656,593
| Corporate Services | 31,558 | 50,717
|  | Total assets | 705,935 | 707,310
Segment goodwill: |  |
| Global Sourcing and Supply | 27,822 | 27,533
| Value Added Ingredients | 12,030 | 12,030
| Consumer Products | 2,362 | 2,934
|  | SunOpta Foods | 42,214 | 42,497
| Opta Minerals | 11,459 | 14,917
|  | Total segment goodwill | 53,673 | 57,414
Segment Capital Expenditures, Depreciation and Amortization Capital expenditures, depreciation and amortization by reportable segment for the years ended December 28, 2013, December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows:
|  |  |  | December 28, 2013 | December 29, 2012 | December 31, 2011
|  |  |  | $ | $ | $
Segment capital expenditures: |  |  |
| Global Sourcing and Supply | 13,362 | 10,227 | 3,105
| Value Added Ingredients | 3,666 | 2,114 | 1,985
| Consumer Products | 11,389 | 8,891 | 9,287
|  | SunOpta Foods | 28,417 | 21,232 | 14,377
| Opta Minerals | 3,100 | 2,504 | 4,901
|  | Total segment capital expenditures | 31,517 | 23,736 | 19,278
| Corporate Services | 574 | 812 | 636
|  | Total capital expenditures | 32,091 | 24,548 | 19,914
Segment depreciation and amortization: |  |  |
| Global Sourcing and Supply | 6,091 | 5,115 | 4,867
| Value Added Ingredients | 2,775 | 2,613 | 2,454
| Consumer Products | 6,475 | 5,949 | 5,506
|  | SunOpta Foods | 15,341 | 13,677 | 12,827
| Opta Minerals | 6,257 | 5,731 | 4,207
|  | Total segment depreciation and amortization | 21,598 | 19,408 | 17,034
| Corporate Services | 801 | 818 | 775
|  | Total depreciation and amortization | 22,399 | 20,226 | 17,809
Geographic Information The Company's assets, operations and employees are principally located in the U.S., Canada, Europe, China and Ethiopia. Rev enues from external customers are attributed to countries based on the location of the customer. Revenues from external customers by geographic area for the years ended December 28, 2013, December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows:
|  |  |  | December 28, 2013 | December 29, 2012 | December 31, 2011
|  |  |  | $ | $ | $
Revenues from external customers: |  |  |
| U.S. | 903,349 | 851,172 | 767,887
| Canada | 61,264 | 59,613 | 48,771
| Europe and other | 217,316 | 180,279 | 203,213
|  | Total revenues from external customers | 1,181,929 | 1,091,064 | 1,019,871
Long-lived assets consist of property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation, which are attributed to countries based on the physical location of the assets. Long-lived assets by geographic area as at December 28, 2013 and December 29, 2012 were as follows:
|  |  |  | December 28, 2013 | December 29, 2012
|  |  |  | $ | $
Long-lived assets: |  |
| U.S. | 121,083 | 114,614
| Canada | 11,896 | 13,326
| Europe and other | 25,094 | 12,639
|  | Total long-lived assets | 158,073 | 140,579
Major Customers For the years ended December 28, 2013, December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company did not have any customers that excee ded 10% of total revenues.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 15: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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