Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Supply Chain Financing

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Supply Chain Financing
12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2024
Supply Chain Financing [Abstract]  
Supply Chain Financing SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCING
The Company facilitates Supply Chain Finance ("SCF") programs with its financial institutions that allow certain suppliers the option to sell or assign their rights to receivables due from the Company, enabling the suppliers to receive payment from the financial institutions sooner than our negotiated payment terms. Participation in an SCF program is voluntary and based on terms and conditions negotiated directly between the suppliers and the financial institutions. The Company agrees to commercial terms with suppliers independent of their participation in an SCF program, and thus their participation has no impact on our payment terms. The Company is not a party to the agreements between our suppliers and the financial institutions, and has no economic interest in our suppliers' decision to participate in an SCF program. Suppliers who participate in an SCF program have sole discretion to determine which invoices, if any, are to be sold to the financial institutions. All amounts payable to suppliers who participate in SCF programs are included within "accounts payable" in the Company's balance sheets, and the Company's associated payments are included in operating activities in the Company's statements of cash flows.
The following table presents a rollforward of total outstanding balances included in accounts payable due to suppliers that participate in the SCF programs:
(In thousands)
Balance, December 2022 $ 24,664 
Invoices issued to suppliers and made available for sale to financial institutions
189,138 
Invoices paid by the Company to suppliers
(194,132)
Balance, December 2023 $ 19,670 
Invoices issued to suppliers and made available for sale to financial institutions
207,024 
Invoices paid by the Company to suppliers
(195,567)
Balance, December 2024 $ 31,127