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Operations by Business Segment
 3 Months Ended
Apr. 04, 2015
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Operations by business segment [Text Block]
Operations by Business Segment
We provide a wide range of arboriculture, horticulture, environmental and consulting services to residential, utility, commercial and government entities throughout the United States and Canada. We have two reportable operating segments organized by type or class of customer: Residential and Commercial, and Utility.
Residential and Commercial--Residential and Commercial provides services to our residential and commercial customers including: the treatment, preservation, maintenance, removal and planting of trees, shrubs and other plant life; the practice of landscaping, grounds maintenance, tree surgery, tree feeding and tree spraying; the application of fertilizer, herbicides and insecticides; and, natural resource management and consulting, forestry research and development, and environmental planning.
Utility--Utility is principally engaged in providing services to our utility customers--investor-owned, municipal utilities, and rural electric cooperatives--including: the practice of line-clearing and vegetation management around power lines, rights-of-way and chemical brush control; and, natural resource management and consulting, forestry research and development, and environmental planning.

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Operations by Business Segment (continued)
All other operating activities, including research, technical support and laboratory diagnostic facilities, are included in “All Other.”
Measurement of Segment Profit and Loss and Segment Assets--We evaluate performance and allocate resources based primarily on operating income and also actively manage business unit operating assets. Segment information, including reconciling adjustments, is presented consistent with the basis described in our 2014 Annual Report.

Segment information reconciled to consolidated external reporting information follows:
 
Utility
 
Residential and
Commercial
 
All
Other
 
Reconciling
Adjustments
 
 
Consolidated
Three Months Ended April 4, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
$
100,383

 
$
73,457

 
$
452

 
$
—

 
 
$
174,292

Income (loss) from operations
3,885

 
(3,889
)
 
(2,615
)
 
(1,366
)
(a)
 
(3,985
)
Interest expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
(790
)
 
 
(790
)
Interest income
 
 
 
 
 
 
63

 
 
63

Other income (expense), net
 
 
 
 
 
 
(827
)
 
 
(827
)
Loss before income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
(5,539
)
Segment assets, total
$
148,924

 
$
144,532

 
$
—

 
$
87,393

(b)
 
$
380,849

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 29, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
$
89,292

 
$
67,807

 
$
288

 
$
—

 
 
$
157,387

Income (loss) from operations
2,785

 
(4,237
)
 
(2,516
)
 
(757
)
(a)
 
(4,725
)
Interest expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
(719
)
 
 
(719
)
Interest income
 
 
 
 
 
 
69

 
 
69

Other income (expense), net
 
 
 
 
 
 
(805
)
 
 
(805
)
Loss before income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
(6,180
)
Segment assets, total
$
140,643

 
$
130,437

 
$
—

 
$
70,126

(b)
 
$
341,206

 
Reconciling adjustments from segment reporting to consolidated external financial reporting include unallocated corporate items:

(a)
Reclassification of depreciation expense and allocation of corporate expenses.
(b)
Corporate assets include cash, prepaid expenses, corporate facilities, enterprise-wide information systems and other nonoperating assets.