SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 30, 2018
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Number of years of pre-tax losses	3 years
Valuation allowance charge	$ 9.2
Valuation allowance against majority of deferred tax assets		$ 143.8
Valuation allowance	$ 153.0

Number of years of cumulative pre-tax losses incurred by the entity.

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Amount of valuation allowance charge reducing the majority of deferred tax assets.

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The amount of valuation allowance charge recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32537-109319

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