Accrued Expenses and Other

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2019

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses and Other

Note C – Accrued Expenses and Other

Accrued expenses and other consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	August 31, 2019		August 25, 2018
Accrued compensation, related payroll taxes and benefits	$	170,321	$	195,004
Property, sales, and other taxes		122,372		106,050
Medical and casualty insurance claims (current portion)		89,250		88,761
Capital lease obligations		56,246		52,290
Accrued interest		48,147		36,902
Accrued gift cards		38,658		27,401
Accrued sales and warranty returns		34,310		20,025
Other		62,628		80,461
	$	621,932	$	606,894

The Company retains a significant portion of the insurance risks associated with workers’ compensation, employee health, general, products liability, property and vehicle insurance. A portion of these self-insured losses is managed through a wholly owned insurance captive. The Company maintains certain levels for stop-loss coverage for each self-insured plan in order to limit its liability for large claims. The retained limits per claim type are $2.0 million for workers’ compensation, $3.0 million for auto liability, $21.5 million for property, $0.7 million for employee health, and $1.0 million for general and products liability.