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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2012
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of inventories, consisting principally of appliances, are stated at the lower of cost, determined on a specific identification basis, or market | Inventories: Inventories, consisting principally of appliances, are stated at the lower of cost, determined on a specific identification basis, or market and consist of the following as of December 29, 2012, and December 31, 2011:
| December 29, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Appliances held for resale | $ | 17,768 |  |  | $ | 18,291 |
Processed metals to be sold from recycled appliances | 188 |  |  | 250 |
Less provision for inventory obsolescence | (682 | ) |  | (85 | )
| $ | 17,274 |  |  | $ | 18,456 |
Schedule of property and equipment | Property and equipment consists of the following as of December 29, 2012, and December 31, 2011:
| Useful Life (Years) |  | December 29, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Land | — |  | $ | 1,140 |  |  | $ | 1,140 |
Buildings and improvements | 18-30 |  | 3,429 |  |  | 3,303 |
Equipment (including computer software) | 3-15 |  | 20,158 |  |  | 19,472 |
Projects under construction | — |  | 63 |  |  | 35 |
|  |  | 24,790 |  |  | 23,950 |
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | (12,542 | ) |  | (11,415 | )
|  |  | $ | 12,248 |  |  | $ | 12,535 |
Schedule of Goodwill | The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill from January 1, 2011, until December 29, 2012, are as follows:
| Recycling Segment
Balance as of January 1, 2011 | $ | 1,120 |
Impairment charge | — |
Balance as of December 31, 2011 | 1,120 |
Impairment charge | (1,082 | )
Balance as of December 29, 2012 | $ | 38 |
Schedule of warranty accrual | Changes in our warranty accrual, included in accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets, for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2012, and December 31, 2011, are as follows:
| For the fiscal year ended
| December 29, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Beginning Balance | $ | 71 |  |  | $ | 36 |
Standard accrual based on units sold | 43 |  |  | 97 |
Actual costs incurred | (16 | ) |  | (16 | )
Periodic accrual adjustments | (51 | ) |  | (46 | )
Ending Balance | $ | 47 |  |  | $ | 71 |
Schedule of reconciliation of the denominator in the basic and diluted income or loss per share | A reconciliation of the denominator in the basic and diluted income or loss per share is as follows:
| For the fiscal year ended
| December 29, |  | December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011
Numerator: |  |  |
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest | $ | (3,852 | ) |  | $ | 4,461 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic | 5,551 |  |  | 5,497 |
Employee stock options | — |  |  | 112 |
Stock warrants | — |  |  | 212 |
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted | 5,551 |  |  | 5,821 |
Income (loss) per common share: |  |  |  |  |
Basic | $ | (0.69 | ) |  | $ | 0.81 |
Diluted | $ | (0.69 | ) |  | $ | 0.77 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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