Accounts receivable (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2018

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule Of Accounts Notes Loans And Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]

	December 29, 2018	December 30, 2017
	$	$
Trade receivables	132,301	125,408
Product recall-related insurance recoveries(1)	2,421	2,656
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(2,591)	(2,912)
	132,131	125,152

(1)Represents the remaining expected insurance recoveries related to the voluntary recall of certain roasted sunflower kernel products initiated by the Company in the second quarter of 2016.

The change in the allowance for doubtful accounts provision for the years ended December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017 is comprised as follows:

	December 29, 2018	December 30, 2017
	$	$
Balance, beginning of year	2,912	2,947
Net additions to provision	416	491
Accounts receivable written off, net of recoveries	(717)	(596)
Effects of foreign exchange rate differences	(20)	70
Balance, end of year	2,591	2,912