Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Variable Interest Entity (Details)

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Variable Interest Entity (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Apr. 04, 2015
Mar. 29, 2014
Jan. 03, 2015
Variable Interest Entity, Classification of Carrying Amount, Assets      
Current assets $ 33,200us-gaap_AssetsCurrent   $ 34,477us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Property and equipment, net 11,533us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet   11,761us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Other assets 657us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent   708us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total 9,464us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountAssets   9,814us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountAssets
Liabilities      
Accounts payable 8,054us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent   6,380us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Accrued expenses 7,819us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent   8,133us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Current maturities of long-term debt obligations 2,317us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent   1,138us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
Long-term obligations, less current maturities 4,044us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations   5,118us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent 331us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent    
Total 2,633us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountLiabilities   2,338us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountLiabilities
Operating results of AAP      
Revenues 27,538us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 33,108us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet  
Gross profit (loss) 5,868us-gaap_GrossProfit 9,061us-gaap_GrossProfit  
Operating income (loss) (2,000)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 1,686us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss  
Net income (loss) (1,985)us-gaap_ProfitLoss 865us-gaap_ProfitLoss  
AAP      
Variable Interest Entity, Classification of Carrying Amount, Assets      
Current assets 758us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
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  912us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
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Property and equipment, net 8,583us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
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  8,775us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
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Other assets 123us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
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  127us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
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Total 9,464us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountAssets
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= arci_ArcaAdvancedProcessingLlcMember
  9,814us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountAssets
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= arci_ArcaAdvancedProcessingLlcMember
Liabilities      
Accounts payable 902us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
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  923us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
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Accrued expenses 249us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
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= arci_ArcaAdvancedProcessingLlcMember
  199us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
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Current maturities of long-term debt obligations 1,115us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
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= arci_ArcaAdvancedProcessingLlcMember
  795us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsCurrent
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Long-term obligations, less current maturities 3,608us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= arci_ArcaAdvancedProcessingLlcMember
  3,737us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations
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= arci_ArcaAdvancedProcessingLlcMember
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent 289us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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  289us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
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Total 6,163us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountLiabilities
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  5,943us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountLiabilities
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Operating results of AAP      
Revenues 1,850us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
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2,824us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
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Gross profit (loss) 6us-gaap_GrossProfit
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890us-gaap_GrossProfit
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Operating income (loss) (516)us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
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342us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
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Net income (loss) $ (570)us-gaap_ProfitLoss
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$ 274us-gaap_ProfitLoss
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