Recent Developments	3 Months Ended
Dec. 26, 2015
Recent Developments
Recent Developments	2.Recent Developments On December 6, 2015, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Acorn Holdings B.V., a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (“Acorn”), Maple Holdings Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Acorn (“Acquisition Sub”), the Company and, solely for purposes of Article IX of the Merger Agreement, JAB Holdings B.V., a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (“JAB”). Acorn is owned by an investor group led by JAB Holding Company S.à r.l (“JAB Holding”) and is the holding company of Jacobs Douwe Egberts, a global coffee and tea company. The Merger Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement have been unanimously approved by the Company’s board of directors (the “Company Board”). The Merger Agreement provides for the merger of Acquisition Sub with and into the Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Acorn. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share (a “Share”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.10 per Share (“Company Common Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (i) Shares owned by Acorn, any subsidiary of Acorn, Acquisition Sub or the Company, in each case immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (ii) Shares held by stockholders who have not voted in favor of the Merger and who have properly and validly perfected their statutory rights of appraisal in respect of such Shares in accordance with Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) will be canceled and converted into the right to receive $92.00 in cash without interest thereon (the “Merger Consideration”), subject to applicable tax withholding. JAB has agreed to guarantee the payment and performance obligations of Acorn and Acquisition Sub under the Merger Agreement. The consummation of the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of specified closing conditions, including (i) the affirmative vote in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote thereon, (ii) any applicable waiting periods (or extensions thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”) and the Competition Act (Canada) having expired or been terminated, (iii) the absence of a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) after the date of the Merger Agreement and (iv) other customary closing conditions. The consummation of the Merger is not subject to a financing condition. Additional information about the Merger Agreement is set forth in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on December 8, 2015. Other than transaction expenses associated with the proposed Merger, the terms of the Merger Agreement did not impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the thirteen weeks ended December 26, 2015.

2.Recent Developments

On December 6, 2015, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Acorn Holdings B.V., a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (“Acorn”), Maple Holdings Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Acorn (“Acquisition Sub”), the Company and, solely for purposes of Article IX of the Merger Agreement, JAB Holdings B.V., a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (“JAB”). Acorn is owned by an investor group led by JAB Holding Company S.à r.l (“JAB Holding”) and is the holding company of Jacobs Douwe Egberts, a global coffee and tea company. The Merger Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement have been unanimously approved by the Company’s board of directors (the “Company Board”).

The Merger Agreement provides for the merger of Acquisition Sub with and into the Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Acorn.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share (a “Share”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.10 per Share (“Company Common Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (i) Shares owned by Acorn, any subsidiary of Acorn, Acquisition Sub or the Company, in each case immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (ii) Shares held by stockholders who have not voted in favor of the Merger and who have properly and validly perfected their statutory rights of appraisal in respect of such Shares in accordance with Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) will be canceled and converted into the right to receive $92.00 in cash without interest thereon (the “Merger Consideration”), subject to applicable tax withholding. JAB has agreed to guarantee the payment and performance obligations of Acorn and Acquisition Sub under the Merger Agreement.

The consummation of the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of specified closing conditions, including (i) the affirmative vote in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote thereon, (ii) any applicable waiting periods (or extensions thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”) and the Competition Act (Canada) having expired or been terminated, (iii) the absence of a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) after the date of the Merger Agreement and (iv) other customary closing conditions. The consummation of the Merger is not subject to a financing condition.

Additional information about the Merger Agreement is set forth in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on December 8, 2015.

Other than transaction expenses associated with the proposed Merger, the terms of the Merger Agreement did not impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the thirteen weeks ended December 26, 2015.