Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2018

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]

11. Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

	December 29, 2018	December 30, 2017
	$	$
Accounts payable	115,297	94,992
Payroll and commissions	8,817	15,161
Accrued grain liabilities	15,322	15,039
Accrued product recall-related costs(1)	3,792	6,980
Accrued interest	5,346	5,496
Dividends payable on Series A Preferred Stock (see note 13)	1,700	1,700
Accrued product recall settlement	-	2,250
Other accruals	5,097	19,746
	155,371	161,364

(1)Represents the provision for remaining unsettled customer claims related to the voluntary recall of certain roasted sunflower kernel products initiated by the Company in the second quarter of 2016.