Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Oct. 02, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	8. Income Taxes The Company’s effective tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended October 2, 2016 and September 27, 2015 was 36.9% and 37.1%, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate is mainly related to an increase in the enhanced deduction for charitable donations of food inventory, partially offset by an increase in the effective state income tax rate. The Company’s effective tax rate for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 2, 2016 and September 27, 2015 was 37.7% and 37.8%, respectively. Excess tax benefits associated with stock option exercises and vested restricted stock units are credited to stockholders’ equity. The Company uses the tax law ordering approach of intraperiod allocation to allocate the benefit of windfall tax benefits based on provisions in the tax law that identify the sequence in which those amounts are utilized for tax purposes. The income tax benefits resulting from stock awards that were credited to stockholders’ equity were $3.9 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 2, 2016. The excess tax benefits are not credited to stockholders’ equity until the deduction reduces income taxes payable.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Oct. 02, 2016

8. Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended October 2, 2016 and September 27, 2015 was 36.9% and 37.1%, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate is mainly related to an increase in the enhanced deduction for charitable donations of food inventory, partially offset by an increase in the effective state income tax rate.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 2, 2016 and September 27, 2015 was 37.7% and 37.8%, respectively.

Excess tax benefits associated with stock option exercises and vested restricted stock units are credited to stockholders’ equity. The Company uses the tax law ordering approach of intraperiod allocation to allocate the benefit of windfall tax benefits based on provisions in the tax law that identify the sequence in which those amounts are utilized for tax purposes. The income tax benefits resulting from stock awards that were credited to stockholders’ equity were $3.9 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended October 2, 2016. The excess tax benefits are not credited to stockholders’ equity until the deduction reduces income taxes payable.