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Related party transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2013
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block] |
|  |  |  |  | December 28, 2013 | December 29, 2012 | December 31, 2011
|  |  |  |  | $ | $ | $
Transactions: |  |  |
| (a) | Sales of agronomy products | 412 | 537 | 509
| (a) | Purchases of grains and seeds | 4,447 | 1,486 | 1,821
| (b) | Sales of coffee beans | 879 | 871 | 700
| (c) | Rent paid | 475 | 498 | 512
| (d) | Interest paid on promissory notes | - | 112 | 225
Balance: |  |  |
| (e) | Amount due under retiring allowance |  |  |
|  | agreement | 163 | 215 | 248

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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