Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Nov. 24, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

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



	November 24, 2013			November 25, 2012
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land	$	21,240		$	21,319
Buildings and leasehold improvements	408,486			404,438
Machinery and equipment	439,627			473,014
Capitalized internal-use software	324,818			285,960
Construction in progress	21,623			56,842
Subtotal	1,215,794			1,241,573
Accumulated depreciation	(775,933		)	(782,766		)
PP&E, net	$	439,861		$	458,807

Depreciation expense for the years ended November 24, 2013, November 25, 2012, and November 27, 2011, was $104.6 million, $110.5 million and $104.8 million, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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