v2.4.0.6

Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 08, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax And Effective Tax Rate [Table Text Block]

	Quarter ended								Year to date
	9/8/2012				9/3/2011				9/8/2012				9/3/2011
Income taxes	$	161			$	67			$	410			$	220
Effective tax rate	25.1		%		14.6		%		24.4		%		18.4		%

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Disclosure of income tax expense (benefit) and effective tax rate for the period.

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