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RESERVES FOR CLOSED PROPERTIES AND PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT-RELATED IMPAIRMENT CHARGES
12 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
RESERVES FOR CLOSED PROPERTIES AND PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT-RELATED IMPAIRMENT CHARGES
Reserves for Closed Properties
Changes in the Company’s reserves for closed properties consisted of the following:
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Beginning balance
$
47

 
$
61

 
$
72

Additions
4

 
4

 
16

Payments
(12
)
 
(16
)
 
(22
)
Adjustments
(5
)
 
(2
)
 
(5
)
Ending balance
$
34

 
$
47

 
$
61


In fiscal 2013, due to the announced closure of approximately 22 non-strategic Save-A-Lot stores, impairment charges of $10 were recorded related to these closed stores' operating leases in the Save-A-Lot segment.
Property, Plant and Equipment Impairment Charges
The following table presents impairment charges related to property, plant and equipment measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis:
 
2015
 
2014
 
2013
Property, plant and equipment:
 
 
 
 
 
Carrying value
$
4

 
$
45

 
$
291

Fair value measured using Level 3 inputs
1

 
21

 
40

Impairment charge
$
3

 
$
24

 
$
251


Fiscal 2015 impairment charges are primarily related to the closure of non-strategic Save-A-Lot stores. Fiscal 2014 impairment charges were primarily related to the write-off of certain software tools that would no longer be utilized in operations within Retail Food, and impairments of Independent Business distribution centers and Save-A-Lot stores. Fiscal 2013 impairment charges primarily related to certain capital projects in process, mainly related to software under development and certain other software support tools that the executive management team determined the Company would abandon, all within the Retail Food segment and Corporate, and the announced closure of approximately 22 non-strategic Save-A-Lot stores.