Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Nov. 25, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

The components of property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”) were as follows:



	November 25, 2012			November 27, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land	$	21,319		$	30,236
Buildings and leasehold improvements	404,438			422,020
Machinery and equipment	473,014			477,895
Capitalized internal-use software	285,960			286,662
Construction in progress	56,842			17,434
Subtotal	1,241,573			1,234,247
Accumulated depreciation	(782,766		)	(731,859		)
PP&E, net	$	458,807		$	502,388

Depreciation expense for the years ended November 25, 2012, November 27, 2011, and November 28, 2010, was $110.5 million, $104.8 million and $88.9 million, respectively.

Construction in progress at November 25, 2012, and November 27, 2011, primarily related to the installation of various information technology systems.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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