Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

12 Months Ended

Jan. 02, 2016

Receivables [Abstract]

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

5. ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the last three fiscal years is as follows (in thousands):

	2015			2014			2013
Balance at beginning of year	$	24,989		$	25,151		$	25,606
Charged to costs and expenses		12,103			18,559			19,481
Customer accounts written off—net of recoveries		(14,469	)		(18,721	)		(19,936	)
Balance at end of year	$	22,623		$	24,989		$	25,151

This table excludes the vendor receivable related allowance for doubtful accounts of $2 million, $3 million and $3 million at January 2, 2016, December 27, 2014 and December 28, 2013, respectively.