RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES AND ASSET IMPAIRMENTS

3 Months Ended

Oct. 28, 2017

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Related Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

RESTRUCTURING ACTIVITIES AND ASSET IMPAIRMENTS

2017 Cost Saving and Efficiency Initiatives. During fiscal 2017, the Company announced a restructuring program in conjunction with various cost saving and efficiency initiatives, including the planned opening of a shared services center. The Company recorded total restructuring costs of $6.9 million during the fiscal year ended July 29, 2017, all of which was recorded in the second half of fiscal 2017. Of the total restructuring costs recorded, $6.6 million was primarily related to severance and other employee separation and transition costs and $0.3 million was due to an early lease termination and facility closing costs for the Company's Gourmet Guru facility in Bronx, New York.

The following is a summary of the restructuring costs the Company recorded in fiscal 2017, as well as the remaining liability as of October 28, 2017 (in thousands):

	Restructuring Costs Recorded in Fiscal 2017		Payments and Other Adjustments			Restructuring Cost Liability as of October 28, 2017
Severance and other employee separation and transition costs	$	6,606	$	(3,750	)	$	2,856
Early lease termination and facility closing costs	258		(258		)	—
Total	$	6,864	$	(4,008	)	$	2,856