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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2025

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision for income taxes

The provision for income taxes consists of the following (in thousands):

			Fiscal Year
																		2025						2024						2023
Current tax expense:
Federal			$	212,791					$	292,895					$	270,024
State			28,100						39,133						45,093
Total current tax expense			240,891						332,028						315,117
Deferred tax expense (benefit):
Federal			45,000						(14,264)						12,000
State			16,267						(6,064)						(1,941)
Total deferred tax expense (benefit)			61,267						(20,328)						10,059
Total provision for income taxes			$	302,158					$	311,700					$	325,176

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

Significant components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

			December 27, 2025						December 28, 2024
Tax assets:
Inventory valuation			$	39,048					$	36,312
Accrued employee benefits costs			23,107						19,409
Operating lease liabilities			1,006,509						875,226
Deferred compensation			15,657						14,218
Workers' compensation insurance			17,608						16,715
Income tax credits			16,179						20,230
Amortization			—						22,424
Depreciation			22,319						21,774
Other			49,706						50,133
Total deferred tax asset			1,190,133						1,076,441
Tax liabilities:
Operating lease right-of-use assets			(956,793)						(836,610)
Depreciation			(237,666)						(219,856)
Amortization			(36,924)						—
Other			(31,584)						(25,467)
Total deferred tax liability			(1,262,967)						(1,081,933)
Net deferred tax liability			$	(72,834)					$	(5,492)

Reconciliation of the provision for income taxes to the amounts computed at the federal statutory rate

A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes to the amounts computed at the federal statutory rate is as follows (in thousands):

			Fiscal Year
			2025												2024												2023
U.S. federal statutory tax rate			$	293,631					21.0		%				$	296,717					21.0		%				$	300,804					21.0		%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effects (a)			32,807						2.4						25,327						1.8						32,931						2.3
Tax credits			(19,775)						(1.4)						(7,268)						(0.5)						(6,743)						(0.5)
Nontaxable or nondeductible items			1,432						0.1						(4,040)						(0.3)						(4,956)						(0.3)
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits			3,343						0.2						964						0.1						3,140						0.2
Other adjustments			(9,280)						(0.7)						—						—						—						—
Total income tax expense			$	302,158					21.6		%				$	311,700					22.1		%				$	325,176					22.7		%

(a) For each respective fiscal year, state taxes in the following states contributed to the majority of the tax effect in this category:

2025: Tennessee, California, New York, Michigan, New Jersey, and Texas

2024: California, New York, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas, Maine, and Arizona

2023: California, New York, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Kansas

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits (exclusive of interest and penalties) is as follows (in thousands):

			Fiscal Year
			2025						2024						2023
Balance at beginning of year			$	9,308					$	9,265					$	5,362
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year			1,516						1,698						2,211
Additions for tax positions of prior years			3,016						116						2,038
Reductions for tax positions of prior years			(1,028)						(1,771)						(346)
Balance at end of year			$	12,812					$	9,308					$	9,265

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