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Accrued Expenses and Other | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 26, 2017
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Accrued Expenses and Other | Note C – Accrued Expenses and Other Accrued expenses and other consisted of the following:
(in thousands) |  | August 26, 2017 |  |  | August 27, 2016 |
Accrued compensation, related payroll taxes and benefits |  | $ | 181,591 |  |  | $ | 180,012 |
Property, sales, and other taxes |  |  | 98,829 |  |  |  | 95,293 |
Medical and casualty insurance claims (current portion) |  |  | 84,756 |  |  |  | 78,458 |
Capital lease obligations |  |  | 48,134 |  |  |  | 44,834 |
Accrued interest |  |  | 41,047 |  |  |  | 34,179 |
Accrued gift cards |  |  | 24,192 |  |  |  | 24,129 |
Accrued sales and warranty returns |  |  | 19,520 |  |  |  | 19,527 |
Other |  |  | 65,281 |  |  |  | 75,193 |
|  | $ | 563,350 |  |  | $ | 551,625 |
The Company retains a significant portion of the insurance risks associated with workers’ compensation, employee health, general, products liability, property and vehicle insurance. A portion of these self-insured losses is managed through a wholly owned insurance captive. The Company maintains certain levels for stop-loss coverage for each self-insured plan in order to limit its liability for large claims. The limits are per claim and are $1.5 million for workers’ compensation, $2.0 million for vehicles, $21.5 million for property, $0.7 million for employee health, and $1.0 million for general and products liability.

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