Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2017

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Schedule of Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	December 30, 2017	December 31, 2016
	$	$
Accounts payable	94,992	89,034
Payroll and commissions	15,161	14,262
Accrued grain liabilities	15,039	15,254
Accrued recall-related costs (see note 6)	6,980	39,750
Accrued interest	5,496	5,500
Accrued product recall settlement (see note 18(5))	2,250	-
Dividends payable on Series A Preferred Stock (see note 14)	1,700	1,590
Other accruals	19,746	8,355
	161,364	173,745