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Adoption of New Accounting Standards and Recently Issued Accounting Standards (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Oct. 03, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Summary of Changes in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Changes in the balance of the allowance for doubtful accounts were as follows:
|  |  |  | Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
|  |  |  | Current Accounts |  |  | Long-term |  |  |  |
(In thousands) |  |  |  | and Notes Receivable |  |  | Notes Receivable |  |  | Total |
Balance at December 28, 2019 |  |  |  | $ |  | 2,739 |  |  | $ |  | 233 |  |  | $ |  | 2,972 |
Impact of adoption of new credit loss standard (ASU 2016-13) |  |  |  |  |  | 1,911 |  |  |  |  | 259 |  |  |  |  | 2,170 |
Provision for expected credit losses |  |  |  |  |  | 583 |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | 583 |
Write-offs charged against the allowance |  |  |  |  |  | (202 | ) |  |  |  | (121 | ) |  |  |  | (323 | )
Balance at October 3, 2020 |  |  |  | $ |  | 5,031 |  |  | $ |  | 371 |  |  | $ |  | 5,402 |

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