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Accrued Insurance Claims (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jan. 26, 2013
Accrued Insurance Claims [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accrued Insurance Claims | Accrued insurance claims consist of the following:
| January 26, 2013 |  | July 28, 2012
| (Dollars in thousands)
Amounts expected to be paid within one year: |  |  |
Accrued auto, general liability and workers' compensation | $ | 17,017 |  |  | $ | 16,514 |
Accrued employee group health | 3,901 |  |  | 2,867 |
Accrued damage claims | 5,395 |  |  | 5,837 |
| 26,313 |  |  | 25,218 |
Amounts expected to be paid beyond one year: |  |  |  |  |
Accrued auto, general liability and workers' compensation | 21,502 |  |  | 21,423 |
Accrued damage claims | 2,191 |  |  | 2,168 |
| 23,693 |  |  | 23,591 |
Total accrued insurance claims | $ | 50,006 |  |  | $ | 48,809 |

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