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Note 15 - Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
15.
Income Taxes
 
The projected fiscal
201
7
effective income tax rates as of
September 30, 2017
and applied to income before any discrete permanent difference for the
thirty-nine
week period ended
September 30, 2017
are approximately
42.5%
and
26.5%
in the United States and Canada, respectively, and yielded a consolidated effective income tax rate before any discrete permanent difference of approximately
34.7%
for the
thirty-nine
week period ended
September 30, 2017.
For the comparable prior year period estimated income tax rates were
41.9%
and
26.5%
in the United States and Canada, respectively, and yielded a consolidated effective income tax rate of approximately
41.2%
for the
thirty-nine
week period ended
October 1, 2016. 
The relative income or loss generated in each jurisdiction can materially impact the overall effective income tax rate of the Company.  The Company experienced a discrete permanent difference of
$0.8
million because of increases to contingent consideration. The Company’s effective income tax rate after including this discrete permanent difference was
43.4%
for the
thirty-nine
week period ended
September 30, 2017.