Property and Equipment (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 27, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and equipment, including amounts for assets subject to capital leases, consists of the following:



	General Useful Lives	October 27, 2012			July 28, 2012
	(Years)	(Dollars in thousands)
Land	—	$	2,915		$	2,915
Buildings	15-35	10,630			10,630
Leasehold improvements	3-15	4,668			4,674
Vehicles	3-5	221,083			220,669
Computer hardware and software	3-10	59,694			57,965
Office furniture and equipment	3-5	5,649			5,552
Equipment and machinery	2-10	134,349			133,467
Total		438,988			435,872
Less: accumulated depreciation		(284,287		)	(277,625		)
Property and equipment, net		$	154,701		$	158,247

Depreciation expense and repairs and maintenance, including amounts for assets subject to capital leases, were as follows:



	For the Three Months Ended
	October 27, 2012		October 29, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Depreciation expense	$	13,720	$	14,268
Repairs and maintenance expense	$	3,811	$	4,532

- 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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