Property and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Apr. 25, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and equipment consisted of the following:



	Estimated Useful Lives	April 25, 2015			July 26, 2014
	(Years)	(Dollars in thousands)
Land	—	$	3,408		$	3,408
Buildings	10-35	11,655			11,589
Leasehold improvements	1-10	6,950			5,335
Vehicles	1-5	308,887			279,631
Computer hardware and software	3-10	84,235			73,349
Office furniture and equipment	2-7	8,244			7,790
Equipment and machinery	1-10	191,323			177,608
Total		614,702			558,710
Less: accumulated depreciation		(388,374		)	(353,297		)
Property and equipment, net		$	226,328		$	205,413

Depreciation expense was $19.8 million and $18.6 million for the three months ended April 25, 2015 and April 26, 2014, respectively, and $57.8 million and $55.7 million for the nine months ended April 25, 2015 and April 26, 2014, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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