Inventories	9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Inventories (Note 4):
Inventory Disclosure Text Block	4. First-In, First-Out (“FIFO”) based inventory costs exceeded LIFO based inventory costs by $119.9 million as of the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2012 as compared to $90.8 million as of the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2011. The change in the LIFO Reserve for the three months ended December 31, 2011 was an increase of $10,774,000 as compared to a reduction of $2,113,000 for the three months ended January 1, 2011. The change in the LIFO Reserve for the nine months ended December 31, 2011 was an increase of $30,055,000 as compared to a reduction of $6,890,000 for the nine months ended January 1, 2011. This reflects the projected impact of inflationary cost increases expected in fiscal 2012 versus fiscal 2011.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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