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LONG-TERM DEBT AND FINANCING LEASE OBLIGATIONS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Debt [Table Text Block] |
(in thousands) |  | December 31, 2017 |  | January 1, 2017
Real Estate Loan |  | $ | 3,581 |  | $ | 3,700
Term Loan |  |  | 5,515 |  |  | 6,300
Less: deferred financing costs |  |  | (224) |  |  | (234)
Less: current portion of long-term debt |  |  | (940) |  |  | (917)
Long-term debt, less current portion |  | $ | 7,932 |  | $ | 8,849
Schedule Of Maturities Of Long Term Debt Table [Table Text Block] |
(in thousands) |  |  |
Fiscal Year |  |  |
2018 |  | $ | 940
2019 |  |  | 981
2020 |  |  | 1,023
2021 |  |  | 1,069
2022 |  |  | 1,116
Thereafter |  |  | 3,967
Total |  | $ | 9,096
Schedule Of Financing Lease Obligations [Table Text Block] |
(in thousands) |  | December 31, 2017 |  | January 1, 2017
Financing lease obligation |  | $ | 1,576 |  | $ | 2,757
Less: deferred financing costs |  |  | (13) |  |  | (23)
Less: current portion of financing lease obligation |  |  | (367) |  |  | (454)
Financing lease obligation, less current portion |  | $ | 1,196 |  | $ | 2,280
Schedule Of Future Minimum Lease Payments For Financing Lease Obligation [Table Text Block] |
(in thousands) |  |  |
Fiscal Year |  |  |
2018 |  | $ | 480
2019 |  |  | 1,232
Total minimum payments |  |  | 1,712
Less: amounts representing interest |  |  | (136)
Total financing lease payable |  | $ | 1,576

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum lease payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five years succeeding fiscal years, with separate deductions from the total for the amount representing executor costs, including any profit thereon, included in the minimum lease payments and for the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84164817&loc=d3e45280-112737 + Details
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