Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Aug. 27, 2011

6. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The following is a summary of property, plant and equipment and the estimated useful lives used in the computation of depreciation and amortization:


			August 27,		August 28,
	Number of Years		2011		2010
Land		—	$	11,555	$	11,527
Building and improvements		40		80,019		79,228
Leasehold improvements	The lesser of lease term or 31.5			5,420		5,056
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		3-15		134,318		120,794
Automobiles		5		548		359
Computer systems, equipment and software		3-5		118,155		110,650
				350,015		327,614
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization				201,202		184,005
Total			$	148,813	$	143,609

The amount of capitalized interest, net of accumulated amortization, included in property, plant and equipment was $1,015 and $1,057 at August 27, 2011 and August 28, 2010, respectively.

Depreciation expense was $21,470, $18,709 and $19,610 for the fiscal years ended August 27, 2011, August 28, 2010, and August 29, 2009, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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