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Operations by Business Segment
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Operations by business segment [Text Block]
Operations by Business Segment
We provide a wide range of arboricultural, horticultural, 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 and rights-of-way and chemical brush control; and natural resource management and consulting, forestry research and development, and environmental planning.
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 2019 Annual Report.    
Segment information reconciled to the condensed consolidated financial statements follows:
 
Utility
 
Residential
and
Commercial
 
All
Other
 
Reconciling
Adjustments
 
 
Consolidated
Three Months Ended March 28, 2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
$
185,749

 
$
101,953

 
$
578

 
$
—

 
 
$
288,280

Income (loss) from operations
15,632

 
(5,661
)
 
(4,695
)
 
(1,342
)
(a)
 
3,934

Interest expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1,946
)
 
 
(1,946
)
Interest income
 
 
 
 
 
 
101

 
 
101

Other income (expense), net
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1,899
)
 
 
(1,899
)
Income before income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
190

Segment assets, total
$
291,426

 
$
221,956

 
$
—

 
$
161,768

(b)
 
$
675,150

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 30, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
$
140,469

 
$
107,395

 
$
25

 
$
—

 
 
$
247,889

Income (loss) from operations
5,880

 
507

 
(2,968
)
 
(453
)
(a)
 
2,966

Interest expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
(2,151
)
 
 
(2,151
)
Interest income
 
 
 
 
 
 
83

 
 
83

Other income (expense), net
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1,655
)
 
 
(1,655
)
Loss before income tax benefit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
(757
)
Segment assets, total
$
231,060

 
$
217,044

 
$
—

 
$
117,374

(b)
 
$
565,478

Reconciling adjustments from segment reporting to the condensed consolidated financial statements 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.