3.Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	October 1, 2017		January 1, 2017
Finished products	$	125,489	$	90,259
Manufacturing materials		29,469		23,196
Plastic shells, plastic pallets and other inventories		36,985		30,098
Total inventories	$	191,943	$	143,553

There was $12.5 million of inventories related to territory exchanges and acquisitions that closed on October 2, 2017, which was classified as held for sale as of October 1, 2017. Refer to Note 24 for additional information.

The growth in the inventories balance at October 1, 2017, as compared to January 1, 2017, is primarily a result of inventory acquired through the completion of the YTD 2017 Expansion Transactions.