Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Mar. 26, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

NOTE 4 – PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The major classifications of property, plant and equipment are as follows:

	March 26, 2016						March 28, 2015
			Assets Under						Assets Under
			Capital Lease/						Capital Lease/
	Assets		Financing				Assets		Financing
	Owned		Obligations		Total		Owned		Obligations		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land	$	80,195			$	80,195	$	77,499			$	77,499
Buildings and improvements		212,421	$	112,969		325,390		204,523	$	89,148		293,671
Equipment, signage and fixtures		208,204				208,204		196,039				196,039
Vehicles		23,608				23,608		21,803				21,803
Construction-in-progress		2,539				2,539		3,194				3,194
		526,967		112,969		639,936		503,058		89,148		592,206
Less - Accumulated      depreciation and amortization		258,516		29,838		288,354		239,474		25,980		265,454
	$	268,451	$	83,131	$	351,582	$	263,584	$	63,168	$	326,752

Depreciation expense totaled $36.0 million, $32.1 million and $28.6 million for the fiscal years ended March 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Amortization expense recorded under capital leases and financing obligations and included in depreciation expense above totaled $7.5million, $5.7 million and $5.2 million for the fiscal years ended March 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.