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Accounts Receivable
12 Months Ended
Jan. 02, 2021
Receivables [Abstract]  
Accounts Receivable [Text Block]
7.  Accounts Receivable
 
      January 2, 2021       December 28, 2019  
      $  

 

 

$

 

Trade receivables     73,981       70,027  
Product recall-related insurance recoveries(1)           2,421  
Allowance for credit losses     (1,257 )     (630 )
      72,724

 

 

 

71,818

 

 

(1) Insurance proceeds were received in 2020 in connection with the settlement of a customer claim related to the voluntary recall of certain roasted sunflower kernel products initiated by the Company in 2016 (see note 23).

 

The change in the allowance for credit losses for the years ended January 2, 2021 and December 28, 2019 is comprised as follows:

 

      January 2, 2021       December 28, 2019  
      $

 

 

 

$

 

Balance, beginning of year     630       1,209  
Net addition (reduction) to provision     627       (84 )
Accounts receivable written off, net of recoveries           (495 )
Balance, end of year     1,257

 

 

 

630