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Discontinued operations | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2017
Discontinued Operations And Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations Disclosure Text Block | 5. Discontinued Operation On April 6, 2016, the Company completed the sale of its 66% holding of common shares of Opta Minerals Inc. (“Opta Minerals”) to Speyside Equity Fund I LP for aggregate gross proceeds of $4.8 million (C$6.2 million), of which $3.2 million (C$4.2 million) was received in cash, and $1.5 million (C$2.0 million) was received in the form of a subordinated promissory note b earing interest at 2.0% per annum that will mature on October 6, 2018. The sale of Company’s equity interest in Opta Minerals was consistent with its objective of divesting its non-core assets in order to become a pure-play organic and healthy foods compa ny. The Company has no continuing involvement with Opta Minerals. The following table reconciles the major components of the results of discontinued operations to the amounts reported in the consolidated statement of operations:
|  |  |  |  | December 31, 2016 | January 2, 2016
| $ | $
Revenues | 24,896 | 113,805
Cost of goods sold | (22,133) | (99,256)
Selling, general and administrative expenses | (3,024) | (11,170)
Intangible asset amortization | - | (1,987)
Other expense, net(1) | (794) | (15,097)
Foreign exchange gain (loss) | (454) | 717
Interest expense | (484) | (4,389)
Loss before income taxes | (1,993) | (17,377)
Gain (loss) on classification as held for sale before income taxes | 560 | (10,515)
Total pre-tax loss from discontinued operations | (1,433) | (27,892)
Recovery of (provision for) income taxes | 599 | (402)
Loss from discontinued operations | (834) | (28,294)
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to non-controlling interest | 264 | 8,819
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to SunOpta Inc. | (570) | (19,475)
(1) For the years ended December 31, 2016 and January 2, 2016, other expense, net includes charges related to the impairment of long-lived assets of Opta Minerals of $0.4 million and $12.4 million, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure related to a disposal group. Includes, but is not limited to, a discontinued operation, disposal classified as held-for-sale or disposed of by means other than sale or disposal of an individually significant component. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2122178 + Details
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