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Acquisition Integration Initiatives
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2014
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Acquisition Integration Initiatives
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Acquisition Integration Initiatives

During the first quarter of 2013, the company began making decisions and taking actions to improve certain of the operations of Viking, purchased on December 31, 2012. These initiatives included organizational restructuring and headcount reductions, consolidation and disposition of certain facilities and business operations, and discontinuation of certain products. During the nine months ended September 27, 2014, the company recorded expense in the amount of $4.1 million for these initiatives, which is reflected in the general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of earnings for such period. The costs and corresponding reserve balances are summarized as follows (in thousands):

 
 
Severance/Benefits
 
Inventory/Product
 
Facilities/Operations
 
Other
 
Total
Balance as of December 28, 2013
 
$
1,619

 
$
584

 
$
77

 
$
108

 
$
2,388

Expenses
 
3,641

 
(151
)
 
620

 
—

 
4,110

Payments
 
(4,832
)
 
(433
)
 
(628
)
 
(57
)
 
(5,950
)
Balance as of September 27, 2014
 
$
428

 
$
—

 
$
69

 
$
51

 
$
548


The company anticipates that all obligations will be satisfied by the end of the fiscal year 2014. As of September 27, 2014, the company believes the remaining reserve balance is adequate to cover the remaining costs identified.