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RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Retirement Savings Plans [Abstract] |
Schedule of 401(k) Information [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended |
(dollars in thousands) |  | December 31, 2017 |  | January 1, 2017 |
Employer contribution rate, percent of employee contributions |  |  | 25.0 | % |  | 25.0 | %
Employee contribution rate, maximum percentage of employee earnings |  |  | 4.0 | % |  | 4.0 | %
Employee contributions |  | $ | 529 |  | $ | 338 |
Employer match |  | $ | 87 |  | $ | 54 |
Discretionary contributions |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Schedule of Deferred Compensation Plan Information [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended |
(dollars in thousands) |  | December 31, 2017 |  | January 1, 2017 |
Employer contribution rate, percent of employee contributions |  |  | 25.0 | % |  | 25.0 | %
Employee contribution rate, maximum percentage of employee earnings |  |  | 4.0 | % |  | 4.0 | %
Declared interest rate |  |  | 6.0 | % |  | 6.0 | %
Employee contributions |  | $ | 41 |  | $ | 64 |
Employer match and interest |  | $ | 7 |  | $ | 35 |
Distributions |  | $ | 43 |  | $ | 368 |

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