STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - Employee Stock Incentive Plans - (Details)	12 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2016 shares
2000 Employee Stock Option Plan
Stock-based compensation
Shares available for future grant	0
2007 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan
Stock-based compensation
Shares available for future grant	0
2013 Stock And Incentive Compensation Plan
Stock-based compensation
Shares available for future grant	374,000
Restricted shares \| 2007 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan
Stock-based compensation
Number of shares of common stock that can be purchased	200,000
Number of anniversaries	3 years
Restricted shares \| 2013 Stock And Incentive Compensation Plan
Stock-based compensation
Number of anniversaries	3 years
Number of shares awarded	192,000
Option awards
Stock-based compensation
Vesting period	10 years
Option awards \| 2000 Employee Stock Option Plan
Stock-based compensation
Number of shares of common stock that can be purchased	1,000,000
Term of options	10 years
Shares available for future grant	0
Option awards \| 2007 Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan
Stock-based compensation
Number of shares of common stock that can be purchased	500,000
Term of options	10 years
Option share awards vest annually in increments (as a percent)	25.00%
Vesting period	4 years
Option awards \| 2013 Stock And Incentive Compensation Plan
Stock-based compensation
Number of shares of common stock that can be purchased	700,000
Term of options	10 years
Option share awards vest annually in increments (as a percent)	25.00%
Vesting period	4 years
Number of shares awarded	134,000

Number of anniversaries the award vests.

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Represents the number of shares awarded under the share based compensation plan.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average remaining contractual term for option awards outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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