Other Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2021

11. Other Accrued Expenses

Other accrued expenses consisted of (in thousands):


	Fiscal year ended
	December 28, 2021		December 29, 2020

Self-insurance	$	67,649	$	62,567
Salaries and wages ⁽¹⁾		67,489		37,124
Staff member benefits		28,489		26,686
Payroll and sales taxes ⁽²⁾		22,944		24,316
Deferred consideration ⁽³⁾		11,250		16,740
Other		41,366		43,028
Total	$	239,187	$	210,461

(1)

The increase in accrued salaries and wages is primarily due to lower labor expenses in the prior year due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(2)

The decrease in accrued payroll and sales taxes represents the repayment of certain payroll taxes that were deferred in fiscal 2020 under the CARES Act, partially offset by increased payroll and sales tax accruals due to lower labor and revenues, respectively, in fiscal 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(3)

The decrease during fiscal 2021 represents payment of deferred consideration per the Acquisition agreement.