Restructuring and Other Costs

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2024

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER COSTS

Optimization of Company Operations and Profitability Improvement

The Company continues to identify opportunities for improvements in its workforce realignment, strategy and staffing, and its focus on performance management, to ensure it has the right skill sets and number of associates to execute

its long-term vision. In the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, Restructuring and other costs principally consisted of severance and separation charges relating to an associate voluntary termination program.

As part of the Company’s strategic realignment efforts to optimize its supply chain and distribution network and enhance operational efficiency, the Company engaged consultants and, in the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, commenced its plan to sell its CFC in Columbus, Ohio. As such, the Company incurred consulting-related costs and extended voluntary and involuntary severance and separation benefits to certain associates in order to facilitate its network optimization and workforce realignment that qualify as exit and disposal costs under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

In addition, from time to time, the Company incurs certain expenses that are an integral component of, and directly attribute to, its restructuring activities, which do not qualify as exit and disposal costs under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These expenses include professional and consulting-related costs directly associated with the optimization of the Company’s operations and profitability improvement, which are also included in Restructuring and other costs in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

The following table summarizes restructuring and other costs:


	For the Fiscal Years Ended
	August 31, 2024		September 2, 2023		September 3, 2022
Consulting-related costs	$	7,143	$	4,939	$	8,188
Associate severance and separation costs	6,765		2,594		5,753
Equity award acceleration costs associated with severance	438		404		1,728
Other exit-related costs	180		—		136
Total restructuring and other costs	$	14,526	$	7,937	$	15,805

Liabilities associated with restructuring and other costs are included in Accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table summarizes activity related to liabilities associated with restructuring and other costs:


	Consulting-related costs		Associate severance and separation costs		Other exit-related costs		Total
Balance as of September 3, 2022	$	840	$	1,874	$	—	$	2,714
Additions	4,939		2,594		—		7,533
Payments and other adjustments	(5,679)		(3,431)		—		(9,110)
Balance as of September 2, 2023	100		1,037		—		1,137
Additions	7,143		6,765		650		14,558
Payments and other adjustments	(6,884)		(7,105)		(470)		(14,459)
Balance as of August 31, 2024	$	359	$	697	$	180	$	1,236