Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Jun. 25, 2011

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

10. Commitments and Contingencies

Self-Insurance.The Partnership is self-insured for general and product, workers' compensation and automobile liabilities up to predetermined thresholds above which third party insurance applies. As of June 25, 2011 and September 25, 2010, the Partnership had accrued insurance liabilities of $52,526 and $55,445, respectively, representing the total estimated losses under these self-insurance programs. The Partnership is also involved in various legal actions that have arisen in the normal course of business, including those relating to commercial transactions and product liability.  Although any litigation is inherently uncertain, based on the information currently available to the Partnership, management does not believe that existing legal actions will have a material adverse effect on the Partnership's financial position, future results of operations or cash flows, after considering its self-insurance reserves for known and unasserted claims, as well as existing insurance policies in force. For the portion of the estimated self-insurance liability that exceeds insurance deductibles, the Partnership records an asset within other assets (or other current assets, as applicable) related to the amount of the liability expected to be covered by insurance which amounted to $16,736 and $17,990 as of June 25, 2011 and September 25, 2010, respectively.