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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 26, 2015

Earnings Per Share Tables [Abstract]

Computation of basic and diluted earnings per share

			Thirteen Weeks Ended						Twenty-six Weeks Ended
			June 26,			June 27,			June 26,			June 27,
			2015			2014			2015			2014
	Net earnings available to
		common shareholders	$	172,637		$	66,236		$	241,478		$	116,981
	Weighted average shares
		outstanding for basic
		earnings per share		58,235			60,453			58,608			60,637
	Dilutive effect of stock
		options computed using the
		treasury stock method and
		the average market price		1,387			1,575			1,436			1,596
	Weighted average shares
		outstanding for diluted
		earnings per share		59,622			62,028			60,044			62,233
	Basic earnings per share		$	2.96		$	1.10		$	4.12		$	1.93
	Diluted earnings per share		$	2.90		$	1.07		$	4.02		$	1.88

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB



-Name Accounting Standards Codification



-Topic 260



-SubTopic 10



-Section 50



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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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