GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2014

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill

The following table reflects goodwill allocated to each reporting segment at December 26, 2014 and December 27, 2013 (in thousands):

	Legacy TrueBlue			Unallocated Goodwill (1)		Total Company
Balance at December 27, 2013
Goodwill before impairment	$	128,449		$	—	$	128,449
Accumulated impairment loss	(46,210		)	—		(46,210		)
Goodwill, net	82,239			—		82,239
Goodwill acquired	—			159,616		159,616
Balance at December 26, 2014
Goodwill before impairment	128,449			159,616		288,065
Accumulated impairment loss	(46,210		)	—		(46,210		)
Goodwill, net	$	82,239		$	159,616	$	241,855

(1) Management is still determining the allocation of our goodwill acquired to our new reportable segments, which will be finalized in Q1 2015. See Note 18: Segment Information, for additional details.

Schedule of finite-lived intangible assets

The following table presents our purchased finite-lived intangible assets (in thousands):

	December 26, 2014							December 27, 2013
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Finite-lived intangible assets (1):
Customer relationships	$	123,940	$	(22,195	)	$	101,745	$	35,940	$	(13,942	)	$	21,998
Trade name/trademarks	4,422		(2,878		)	1,544		5,172		(2,708		)	2,464
Non-compete agreements	1,800		(817		)	983		1,800		(457		)	1,343
Technologies	18,300		(2,212		)	16,088		—		—			—
Total finite-lived intangible assets	$	148,462	$	(28,102	)	$	120,360	$	42,912	$	(17,107	)	$	25,805

(1) Excludes assets that are fully amortized.

Schedule of estimated future amortization of definite-lived intangible assets

The following table provides the estimated future amortization of finite-lived intangible assets as of December 26, 2014 (in thousands):

2015	$	18,987
2016	18,186
2017	16,157
2018	14,638
2019	11,942
Thereafter	40,450
Total future amortization	$	120,360