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ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 30, 2021

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Summary of changes in self-insurance liability

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​		2020			2019			2018
Beginning balance	​	$	689	​	$	696	​	$	695	​
Expense	​		262	​		209	​		229	​
Claim payments	​		(220)	​		(216)	​		(228)	​
Ending balance	​		731	​		689	​		696	​
Less: Current portion	​		(220)	​		(216)	​		(228)	​
Long-term portion	​	$	511	​	$	473	​	$	468	​

Schedule of sales revenue by type of product

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​	​	2020				​	2019				​	2018
​		Amount			% of total		Amount			% of total		Amount			% of total
Non Perishable(1)	​	$	71,434		53.9	%	$	61,464		50.3	%	$	60,649		49.8	%
Fresh(2)	​		33,449		25.2	%		29,452		24.1	%		29,089		23.9	%
Supermarket Fuel	​		9,486		7.2	%		14,052		11.5	%		14,903		12.2	%
Pharmacy	​		11,388		8.6	%		11,015		9.0	%		10,617		8.7	%
Convenience Stores (3)	​	​	—	​	-	%	​	—	​	-	%	​	944	​	0.8	%
Other(4)	​		6,741		5.1	%		6,303		5.1	%		5,650		4.6	%
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Total Sales	​	$	132,498		100	%	$	122,286		100	%	$	121,852		100	%

(1) Consists primarily of grocery, general merchandise, health and beauty care and natural foods.

(2) Consists primarily of produce, floral, meat, seafood, deli, bakery and fresh prepared.

(3) The Company completed the sale of its convenience store business unit during the first quarter of 2018.

(4) Consists primarily of sales related to food production plants to outside parties, data analytic services, third-party media revenue, other consolidated entities, specialty pharmacy, in-store health clinics, digital coupon services and other online sales not included in the categories above.

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Tabular disclosure of disaggregation of revenue into categories depicting how nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factor.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
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