LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 01, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term debt

As of August 1, 2015 and August 2, 2014, the Company's long-term debt consisted of the following:

	August 1, 2015		August 2, 2014
	(In thousands)
Financing obligation, due monthly, and maturing in October 2028 at an effective interest rate of 7.32%	$	32,510	$	33,439
Capital lease, Providence, Rhode Island corporate headquarters, due monthly, and maturing in April 2025 at an effective interest rate of 12.38%	13,883		—
Real-estate backed Term Loan Agreement, due quarterly	140,000		—
Term loan for employee stock ownership plan, secured by common stock of the Company, due monthly and maturing in May 2015, at an interest rate of 1.33%	—		61
	$	186,393	$	33,500
Less: current installments	11,613		990
Long-term debt, excluding current installments	$	174,780	$	32,510

Schedule of aggregate maturities of long-term debt

Aggregate maturities of long-term debt for the next five years and thereafter are as follows at August 1, 2015:

Year	(In thousands)
2016	$	11,613
2017	11,835
2018	12,079
2019	112,386
2020	2,757
2021 and thereafter	35,723
	$	186,393