Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jan. 02, 2021	Dec. 28, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 81,617	$ 72,935
Restricted cash	103	110
Accounts receivable, less allowance for bad debts of $10,815              at January 2, 2021 and $8,802 at December 28, 2019	405,387	406,338
Inventories	405,922	362,957
Prepaid expenses	47,793	46,599
Income taxes refundable	3,883	3,317
Other current assets	42,289	25,032
Total current assets	986,994	917,288
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,863,814	1,802,411
Intangible assets, net	473,680	526,394
Goodwill	1,260,240	1,223,291
Investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries	804,682	689,354
Operating right-of-use assets, net	146,563	124,726
Other assets	60,682	47,400
Deferred income taxes	16,676	14,394
Total assets	5,613,331	5,345,258
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	27,538	90,996
Accounts payable, principally trade	255,340	239,252
Income taxes payable	17,497	8,895
Operating lease liability, current	39,459	37,805
Accrued expenses	335,471	311,391
Total current liabilities	675,305	688,339
Long-term debt, net of current portion	1,480,531	1,558,429
Operating lease liability, non-current	109,707	91,424
Other noncurrent liabilities	117,371	115,785
Deferred income taxes	276,208	247,931
Total liabilities	2,659,122	2,701,908
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized, 169,880,238 and 168,620,314 shares issued at January 2, 2021 and December 28, 2019, respectively	1,699	1,686
Additional paid-in capital	1,597,429	1,560,897
Treasury stock, at cost; 7,679,849 and 4,845,203 shares at January 2, 2021 and December 28, 2019, respectively	(151,710)	(75,022)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(252,433)	(321,847)
Retained earnings	1,696,924	1,400,105
Total Darling's stockholders’ equity	2,891,909	2,565,819
Noncontrolling interests	62,300	77,531
Total stockholders’ equity	2,954,209	2,643,350
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 5,613,331	$ 5,345,258
Common stock, par value (in usd per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	250,000,000	250,000,000