Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Mar. 01, 2014

8. Property, Plant and Equipment

Following is a summary of property, plant and equipment, including capital lease assets, at March 1, 2014 and March 2, 2013:

	2014			2013

Land	$	233,098		$	243,413
Buildings		753,633			753,952
Leasehold improvements		1,890,369			1,733,607
Equipment		2,194,339			2,079,372
Construction in progress		69,388			55,013


		5,140,827			4,865,357
Accumulated depreciation		(3,183,498	)		(2,969,707	)


Property, plant and equipment, net	$	1,957,329		$	1,895,650

Depreciation expense, which included the depreciation of assets recorded under capital leases, was $284,603, $286,374 and $296,792 in fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Included in property, plant and equipment was the carrying amount of assets to be disposed of totaling $1,887 and $14,702 at March 1, 2014 and March 2, 2013, 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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