Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2019

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

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

	December 28, 2019	December 29, 2018
	$	$
Accounts payable	102,896	115,297
Payroll and commissions	15,577	8,817
Accrued product recall-related costs(1)	3,213	3,792
Accrued interest	5,022	5,346
Dividends payable on Series A Preferred Stock (see note 15)	1,700	1,700
Accrued grain liabilities(2)	—	15,322
Other accruals	5,121	5,097
	133,529	155,371

(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 2016.
(2)	Accrued grain liabilities as at December 29, 2018 were included in the sale of the soy and corn business.