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| Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Assets Disclosure [Text Block] | 6. OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETSAs of December 31, 2013 and January 1, 2013, other long-term assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
As of December 31, 2013, the Company had a 15% investment in JJC Washington I, LLC, a joint venture with its franchisee in the Washington, D.C. area, and accounts for its investment under the equity method. The Company has suspended recording losses on this investment and will record equity earnings when the unrecognized equity losses are fully offset by unrecognized equity earnings. |
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