Income Taxes Income Tax Reconciliation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Federal statutory rate	21.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Statutory rate applied to income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes	$ (4,685)	$ (635)	$ (3,090)
Plus state income taxes, net of federal tax effect	(173)	(198)	(145)
Total statutory provision (benefit)	(4,858)	(833)	(3,235)
Nondeductible meals and entertainment	90	161	148
Executive compensation limitation	258	0	0
Federal tax credits	(286)	(200)	(395)
Reserve for uncertain tax positions	27	8	31
Goodwill	0	0	(13)
Change in valuation allowance	3,990	6,470	106
Tax reform	0	1,749	0
Stock-based compensation	82	146	0
Other items	(134)	8	(264)
Income tax provision (benefit)	(831)	7,509	$ (3,622)
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net	$ 568	$ 1,105

Income Tax Reconciliation, Income Tax Expense (Benefit), at Federal and State Statutory Income Tax Rates

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- Definition

Amount, after deferred tax asset, of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable differences without jurisdictional netting.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 6
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84176650&loc=d3e31931-109318

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32537-109319