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Stock-based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2013
Share-based Compensation [Abstract] |
Weighted-Average Assumptions For Valuation Of Stock Options Granted [Table Text Block] |
| Year Ended
| December 29, 2013 |  | December 30, 2012 |  | January 1, 2012
Expected term | 4.5 years |  |  | 4.3 years |  |  | 4.0 years |
Expected volatility | 56.9 | % |  | 58.9 | % |  | 58.5 | %
Expected dividend yield | 0.0 | % |  | 0.0 | % |  | 0.0 | %
Risk-free interest rate | 0.9 | % |  | 0.7 | % |  | 0.9 | %
Estimated weighted average fair value per option granted | $ | 14.68 |  |  | $ | 15.45 |  |  | $ | 20.54 |
Schedule of Stock Based Compensation Expense Recognized [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended
|  | December 29, 2013 |  | December 30, 2012 |  | January 1, 2012
Stock-based compensation expense in selling, general and administrative expenses |  | $ | 4,860 |  |  | $ | 4,867 |  |  | $ | 6,322 |
Stock-based compensation expense in cost of sales |  | 88 |  |  | 100 |  |  | 92 |
Total stock-based compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations |  | $ | 4,948 |  |  | $ | 4,967 |  |  | $ | 6,414 |
Total related tax benefit |  | $ | 1,732 |  |  | $ | 1,753 |  |  | $ | 2,194 |
Stock-based compensation capitalized |  | $ | 158 |  |  | $ | 133 |  |  | $ | 144 |
Summary of Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block] |
| Options |  | Weighted average exercise price |  | Weighted average remaining contractual term |  | Total intrinsic value
| (In thousands) |  |  |  | (In years) |  | (In thousands)
Balance, January 3, 2011 | 2,445 |  |  | $ | 38.04 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 436 |  |  | 45.51 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (304 | ) |  | 23.57 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled | (186 | ) |  | 43.54 |  |  |  |  |
Balance, January 1, 2012 | 2,391 |  |  | 40.82 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 432 |  |  | 33.15 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (220 | ) |  | 31.15 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled | (404 | ) |  | 50.26 |  |  |  |  |
Balance, December 30, 2012 | 2,199 |  |  | 38.55 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 117 |  |  | 31.67 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (716 | ) |  | 29.88 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled | (107 | ) |  | 41.83 |  |  |  |  |
Balance, December 29, 2013 | 1,493 |  |  | $ | 41.93 |  |  | 6.14 |  | $ | 15,022 |
Vested and expected to vest at December 29, 2013 | 1,446 |  |  | $ | 42.17 |  |  | 6.07 |  | $ | 14,382 |
Exercisable at December 29, 2013 | 1,053 |  |  | $ | 44.60 |  |  | 5.29 |  | $ | 9,357 |
Stock Options Outstanding, range of Exercise Price [Table Text Block] |
| Outstanding |  | Exercisable
| Options |  | Weighted Average |
| Remaining Contractual Life |  | Exercise Price |
Range of Exercise Price | Options |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
| (In thousands) |  | (In years) |  |  |  | (In thousands) |  |
$18.50 — $32.42 | 402 |  |  | 6.14 |  | $ | 27.72 |  |  | 246 |  |  | $ | 25.85 |
$32.43 — $35.55 | 402 |  |  | 7.28 |  | 33.89 |  |  | 200 |  |  | 33.76 |
$35.56 — $50.89 | 386 |  |  | 5.81 |  | 44.67 |  |  | 340 |  |  | 44.86 |
$50.90 — $94.99 | 303 |  |  | 5.06 |  | 67.93 |  |  | 267 |  |  | 69.59 |
| 1,493 |  |  | 6.14 |  | 41.93 |  |  | 1,053 |  |  | 44.60 |
Summary of Restricted Stock Units, Activity [Table Text Block] |
| RSUs |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
| (In thousands) |  |  |  | (In years) |  | (In thousands)
Balance, January 3, 2011 | 6 |  |  | $ | 25.61 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Vested | (5 | ) |  | 52.53 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled | (1 | ) |  | 49.49 |  |  |  |  |
Balance, January 1, 2012 | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 6 |  |  | 29.67 |  |  |  |  |
Vested | (3 | ) |  | 35.23 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Balance, December 30, 2012 | 3 |  |  | 29.67 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 97 |  |  | 32.07 |  |  |  |  |
Vested | (10 | ) |  | 38.76 |  |  |  |  |
Canceled | (2 | ) |  | 31.34 |  |  |  |  |
Balance, December 29, 2013 | 88 |  |  | $ | 31.01 |  |  | 1.32 |  | $ | 4,184 |
Vested and expected to vest at December 29, 2013 | 77 |  |  | $ | 36.37 |  |  | 1.19 |  | $ | 3,666 |

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