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Other Expense (Income), Net
12 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2022
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]  
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18. Other Expense (Income), Net

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

    January 1, 2022     January 2, 2021     December 28, 2019  
    $     $     $  
Long-lived asset impairments and facility closure costs(1)   6,298     9,045     308  
Employee termination and recruitment costs(2)   1,628     1,881     5,548  
Divestiture costs(3)   703     -     -  
Settlement loss (gain)(4)   163     179     (3,065 )
Loss on foreign currency forward contract (see note 4)   -     12,658     -  
Gain on sale of soy and corn business (see note 5)   -     -     (44,027 )
Other   98     (370 )   597  
    8,890     23,393     (40,639 )

(1)  Long-lived asset impairments and facility closure costs

For the year ended January 1, 2022, expenses include asset impairment charges and asset relocation costs of $3.8 million related to the closure of the Company's South Gate, California, fruit ingredient processing facility in July 2021, and costs of $1.4 million to complete the exit from the Company's Santa Maria, California, frozen fruit processing facility in February 2021, together with costs of $0.8 million related to the relocation of the Company's executive office and innovation center into Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and the related vacating of the Company's former leased facility in December 2021, and other asset impairments of $0.3 million.

For the year ended January 2, 2021, expenses include costs of $6.3 million related to the Company's exit from its Santa Maria facility and the consolidation of the Company's corporate offices into Minnesota, together with the write-down of $2.7 million of operating lease right-of-use and owned assets related to the consolidation of roasting lines at the Company's Crookston, Minnesota, facility.

For the year ended December 28, 2019, expenses include costs to dismantle and move equipment from the Company's former soy extraction facility located in Heuvelton, New York, which was sold in April 2019.

(2)  Employee termination and recruitment costs

For the year ended January 1, 2022, expense represents severance benefits of $1.1 million for 55 employees impacted by the closure of the South Gate facility, and $0.5 million of severance benefits for 19 employees following a workforce reduction in the Company's frozen fruit operations.

For the year ended January 2, 2021, expense represents severance benefits of $2.8 million mainly related to employees impacted by the exit from the Company's Santa Maria facility, 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 year ended December 28, 2019, expenses represent severance benefits of $8.4 million for employees terminated in connection with a workforce reduction program and corporate office consolidation, together with recruitment, relocation and termination costs related to the appointments of a new Chief Executive Officer and new Chief Financial Officer of the Company. These expenses were partially offset by the reversal of $4.1 million of previously recognized stock-based compensation expense related to forfeited awards previously granted to terminated employees.

(3)  Divestiture costs

For the year ended January 1, 2022, expense relates to professional fees incurred in connection with post-closing matters related to the divestiture of Tradin Organic.

(4)  Settlement loss (gain)

For the year ended January 1, 2022, expense represents a $0.5 million loss from the settlement of an employment-related legal matter, partially offset by a gain related to a project cancellation.

For the year ended January 2, 2021, the Company recognized a $2.4 million loss from the settlement of a customer claim related to the voluntary recall of certain roasted sunflower kernel products initiated by the Company in 2016, which included a cash settlement payment of $4.4 million, partially offset by the receipt of related insurance proceeds. This loss was offset by gains of $2.2 million recognized from the settlement of unrelated matters.

For the year ended December 28, 2019, the Company recognized gains from the settlement of certain legal matters and a project cancellation.