Short-Term Investments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 25, 2011

Short-term Investments [Abstract]

Short-Term Investments

Short-Term Investments

We have short-term investments, with original maturities of longer than 3 months, in U.S. Treasury securities as of December 25, 2011 and as of December 26, 2010. The carrying value of the short-term investments (which approximated the fair value) was $104.8 million in U.S. Treasury securities as of December 25, 2011 and $30.0 million in U.S. Treasury securities as of December 26, 2010. The short-term investments have remaining maturities of about 1 month to 6 months as of December 25, 2011.