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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 01, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
The effective income tax rate was 34.1% for the three months ended March 1, 2015, compared to 24.8% for the same period ended February 23, 2014.
The effective tax rate in the first quarter of 2014 included a tax benefit that the Company recorded as a result of reversing a deferred tax liability associated with the change in assertion during the quarter to indefinitely reinvest certain undistributed foreign earnings. The effective tax rate in 2015 reflected an increase in state income taxes due to higher projected domestic income in 2015.