Share-Based Compensation

4 Months Ended

Jan. 19, 2014

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

We offer share-based compensation plans to attract, retain and motivate key officers, employees and non-employee directors to work toward the financial success of the Company. In 2014, we granted the following shares related to our share-based compensation awards:



Stock options	215,248
Performance share awards	55,668
Nonvested stock units	102,232

The components of share-based compensation expense recognized in each period are as follows (in thousands):



	Sixteen Weeks Ended
	January 19, 2014		January 20, 2013
Stock options	$	1,289	$	1,890
Performance share awards	1,497		1,117
Nonvested stock awards	173		134
Nonvested stock units	842		921
Total share-based compensation expense	$	3,801	$	4,062

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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