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ASSET IMPAIRMENT AND ESTIMATED LEASE TERMINATION AND OTHER CLOSING COSTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2017
Asset Impairment And Estimated Lease Terminations And Other Closing Costs [Abstract] |
Asset impairment and estimated lease termination and other closing costs [Table Text Block] |
|  |  |  | Year Ended
(dollars in thousands) |  | January 1,2017 |  | January 3,2016 |  | December 28,2014
Asset Impairments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Restaurant optimization |  | $ | 4,376 |  | $ | --- |  | $ | ---
| Software(1) |  |  | 156 |  |  | --- |  |  | ---
| May's Landing, NJ |  |  | 50 |  |  | --- |  |  | 766
| Smithtown, NY(2) |  |  | --- |  |  | 935 |  |  | ---
| Richmond, VA area |  |  | --- |  |  | --- |  |  | 2,285
| Two Minneapolis, MN area restaurants |  |  | --- |  |  | --- |  |  | 544
| Décor |  |  | --- |  |  | --- |  |  | 342
| Des Moines, IA |  |  | --- |  |  | --- |  |  | 226
|  | Total |  | $ | 4,582 |  | $ | 935 |  | $ | 4,163
Restaurant closure expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Smithtown, NY(3) |  |  | 200 |  |  | --- |  |  | ---
| Other(6) |  |  | 6 |  |  | (6) |  |  | ---
| N. Riverside, IL(4) |  |  | --- |  |  | 368 |  |  | ---
| Richmond, VA area |  |  | --- |  |  | 143 |  |  | 54
| N. Riverside, IL(5) |  |  | --- |  |  | 122 |  |  | ---
| Eden Prairie, MN |  |  | --- |  |  | (42) |  |  | ---
| Salisbury, MD |  |  | --- |  |  | --- |  |  | 206
| Décor Warehouse |  |  | --- |  |  | --- |  |  | 94
Total restaurant closure expenses |  | $ | 206 |  | $ | 585 |  | $ | 354
Provision for impairment and |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| restaurant closings |  | $ | 4,788 |  | $ | 1,520 |  | $ | 4,517
Asset impairment calculated at July 3, 2016 related to a software implementation project that was discontinued.
Asset impairment calculated at June 28, 2015 based upon expected sale of Smithtown restaurant.
Lease termination reserve associated with a letter of credit provided to a landlord for a previously closed restaurant.
Lease termination costs associated with the cancellation of a potential new restaurant location.
Write off of development costs associated with the cancellation of a potential new restaurant location.
Includes $191,000 in costs written-off associated with closing the Lombard, Illinois field office partially offset by an $86,000 recapture of deferred rent credits.
Restructuring Reserve [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Restructuring Reserve By Type Of Cost [Table Text Block] |
(in thousands) |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Additions Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Deductions Credits to Costs and Expenses and Other Accounts |  |  | Balance at End of Period
Year ended January 1, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve for lease termination costs | $ | 489.9 |  | 89.1 |  | (104.4) |  | $ | 474.6
Year ended January 3, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve for lease termination costs | $ | 16.0 |  | 543.2 |  | (69.3) |  | $ | 489.9
Year ended December 28, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve for lease termination costs | $ | --- |  | 116.0 |  | (100.0) |  | $ | 16.0

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