Note 3 - Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

May 29, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

3. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):

	Years of
	Useful Life			May 29, 2016			May 31, 2015
Land and buildings	15	-	40	$	67,192		$	57,426
Leasehold improvements	3	-	20		1,620			1,360
Computers, capitalized software, machinery, equipment and autos	3	-	20		87,464			68,260
Furniture and fixtures	3	-	7		901			804
Construction in process					17,677			6,837
Gross property and equipment					174,854			134,687
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization					(53,974	)		(50,222	)
Net property and equipment				$	120,880		$	84,465

              Depreciation and amortization expense for property and equipment for the fiscal years ended May 29, 2016, May 31, 2015 and May 25, 2014 was $8.2 million, $6.2 million and $6.2 million, respectively. Amortization related to capitalized leases, which is included in depreciation expense, was $49,000 for fiscal year ended May 29, 2016 and zero for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2015 and May 25, 2014. Amortization related to capitalized software was $269,000, $158,000 and $189,000 for fiscal years ended May 29, 2016, May 31, 2015 and May 25, 2014, respectively. The unamortized computer software costs as of May 29, 2016 and May 31, 2015 was $865,000 and $1.1 million, respectively.