Property, Equipment and Improvements, Net

9 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Equipment and Improvements, Net

Property, Equipment and Improvements, Net in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 29, 2012 and September 30, 2011 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	June 29, 2012			September 30, 2011
Land	$	23,239		$	23,542
Buildings	133,867			136,161
Equipment	487,601			446,628
Leasehold improvements	156,272			144,903
Construction in progress	21,506			10,046
	822,485			761,280
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(511,174		)	(476,647		)
	$	311,311		$	284,633

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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