Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2019

Business Combinations [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS

ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

In December 2019, the Company began to consolidate EnviroFlight, LLC due to a loan issued by the Company, which resulted in more control by the Company based on variable interest entity literature. In January 2020, the Company acquired the other 50% minority interest in EnviroFlight, LLC from the other joint venture partner for approximately $12.2 million, thereby increasing the Company's ownership interest in EnviroFlight, LLC to 100%.

In October 2018, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Triple - T Foods - Arkansas, Inc. including a wet pet food ingredient operation in Springdale, Arkansas and a cold storage operation in Rogers, Arkansas. The Company paid approximately $50.4 million in cash for assets and assumed liabilities consisting of property, plant and equipment of approximately $11.2 million, intangible assets of approximately $21.8 million, consisting of routes, permits and non-compete agreements, goodwill of approximately $8.4 million, and other including working capital of approximately $9.0 million. The Company finalized the working capital amount and paid holdback amounts in fiscal year 2019, which resulted in insignificant adjustments to previously disclosed amounts. The identifiable intangible assets have a weighted average life of 15 years.

In September 2018, the Company liquidated a consolidated joint venture that was part of the Company's international operations. The transaction resulted in the Company recording a gain of approximately $3.0 million.

In May 2018, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Kruger Commodities, Inc. (the “Kruger Acquisition”) including protein conversion facilities in Hamilton, MI and Tama, IA, along with a protein blending operation and used cooking oil collection business in Omaha, NE. The Company paid approximately $51.3 million in cash for assets and assumed liabilities consisting of property, plant and equipment of approximately $15.2 million, intangible assets of approximately $15.9 million, consisting of routes, permits and non-compete agreements, goodwill of approximately $19.6 million, and other of approximately $0.6 million. The identifiable intangible assets have a weighted average life of 15 years.

In May 2018, the Company sold its Terra Renewal Services (“TRS”) industrial residuals business to American Residuals Group, LLC. TRS is a provider of environmental services focused on the collection, hauling, and disposal of non-hazardous, liquid and semi-solid waste streams from the food processing industry. All of the used cooking oil business originally acquired as part of TRS was retained by the Company. The transaction price for the industrial residuals business sold for approximately $80.0 million in cash and resulted in the Company recording a loss on the TRS sale of approximately $15.6 million, due to a substantial portion of the original purchase price of TRS being allocated to the industrial residuals business.

In January 2018, the Company through a wholly-owned international subsidiary, sold a portion of its interest in a majority owned consolidated subsidiary for approximately $2.8 million. This transaction resulted in the foreign subsidiary being deconsolidated and accounted for using the equity method of accounting, effective January 2018. In fiscal 2017, as part of this transaction, the Company recorded $37.8 million of assets held for sale and $19.2 million of liabilities held for sale, which are included in other current assets and accrued liabilities, respectively. In addition, the Company recorded a loss of approximately $0.9 million in fiscal 2017 from this transaction.

In fiscal 2017, the Company, through a wholly-owned international subsidiary, acquired the minority interest in one of its international subsidiaries for approximately $19.1 million, including transaction costs.

Additionally, the Company made other immaterial acquisitions and disposition in fiscal 2019, fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017.