Other Expense (Income), Net

9 Months Ended

Sep. 26, 2020

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Expense (Income), Net [Text Block]

10. Other Expense (Income), Net

The components of other expense (income) were as follows:

	Quarter ended			Three quarters ended
	September 26, 2020	September 28, 2019		September 26, 2020		September 28, 2019
	$	$		$		$
Contingent consideration⁽¹⁾	—	—		(2,286	)	—
Product withdrawal and recall costs⁽²⁾	—	—		(322	)	260
Settlement loss (gain), net⁽³⁾	721	(1,332	)	721		(1,839	)
Employee termination and recruitment costs⁽⁴⁾	54	3,222		664		5,290
Facility closure costs⁽⁵⁾	—	—		365		308
Loss (gain) on sale of soy and corn business (see note 3)	—	1,109		—		(44,269	)
Other	255	324		257		506
	1,030	3,323		(601	)	(39,744	)

(1) Contingent consideration

For the three quarters ended September 26, 2020, income represents a gain on the settlement of the final contingent consideration obligation payable under an earn-out arrangement with the former unitholders of Citrusource, LLC, which was acquired by the Company in March 2015. On May 5, 2020, the parties agreed to settle the obligation for $2.0 million, of which $1.0 million was paid at the time of settlement and the remainder is being paid over the subsequent 10 months. As at September 26, 2020, the remaining $0.6 million obligation (December 28, 2019 - $4.3 million) was recorded in the current portion of long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

(2) Product withdrawal and recall costs

For the three quarters ended September 26, 2020, income represents the reversal of previously accrued costs related to a withdrawal of certain consumer-packaged products. These costs were recognized in other expense in 2016.

For the three quarters ended September 28, 2019, expense represents product withdrawal and recall costs that were not eligible for reimbursement under the Company's insurance policies or exceeded the limits of those policies, including certain costs related to the recall of certain sunflower products in 2016.

(3) Settlement loss (gain)

For the quarter and three quarters ended September 26, 2020, the Company recognized a $2.4 million loss on the settlement of a customer claim related to the 2016 sunflower product recall (see note 13), which included a cash settlement payment of $4.4 million, partially offset by the receipt of related insurance proceeds. In addition, the Company recognized a $1.7 million gain on the settlement of an unrelated legal matter.

For the quarter and three quarters ended September 28, 2019, the Company recognized gains resulting from settlements related to a legal matter and a project cancellation.

(4) Employee termination and recruitment costs

For the quarter and three quarters ended September 26, 2020, expense represents severance benefits of $0.1 million and $1.6 million, respectively, for employees terminated in connection with the consolidation of the Company's corporate office functions and other headcount reductions under the Value Creation Plan. For the three quarters ended, severance benefits were offset by the reversal of $0.9 million of previously recognized stock-based compensation expense related to forfeited awards previously granted to terminated employees.

For the quarter and three quarters ended September 28, 2019, expense represents severance benefits of $3.4 million and $6.9 million, respectively, for employees terminated in connection with the Value Creation Plan, including the Company's former CEO and CFO, partially offset by the reversal of $0.8 million and $2.9 million, respectively, of previously recognized stock-based compensation expense related to forfeited awards previously granted to those employees. In addition, expenses include recruitment and relocation costs related to the Company's CEO and CFO transitions.

(5) Facility closure costs

For the three quarters ended September 26, 2020, expense relates to the costs to close an organic ingredient warehousing facility located in China.

For the three quarters ended September 28, 2019, expense includes the costs to dismantle and move equipment from a former soy extraction facility located in Heuvelton, New York, which was sold in April 2019.