Note E - Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2018

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE E – PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:

	September 29, 2018		September 30, 2017		Estimated Useful Lives (in years)
	(in thousands)
Land	$	2,494	$	2,482		-
Buildings		26,582		26,741	15	-	39.5
Plant machinery and equipment		290,396		257,172	5	-	20
Marketing equipment		290,955		278,860	5	-	7
Transportation equipment		8,929		8,449		5
Office equipment		30,752		25,302	3	-	5
Improvements		38,941		38,003	5	-	20
Construction in Progress		8,468		16,880		-
		697,517		653,889
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		454,844		426,308
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	242,673	$	227,581

Depreciation expense was

$42,939,000,

$38,211,000

and

$34,536,000

for fiscal years

2018,

2017

and

2016,

respectively

.