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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 27, 2011
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract] |
Annual minimum lease commitments | Annual minimum lease commitments for the five years subsequent to August 27, 2011 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):
2012 |  | $ | 5,432 |
2013 |  |  | 4,341 |
2014 |  |  | 2,869 |
2015 |  |  | 2,505 |
2016 |  |  | 1,860 |
Thereafter |  |  | 2,323 |
|  | $ | 19,330 |
Changes to environmental liabilities | The changes to the Company's environmental liabilities for the years ended August 27, 2011 and August 28, 2010 are as follows (in thousands):
Year ended |  | August 27, 2011 |  |  | August 28, 2010 |
Beginning balance |  | $ | 18,986 |  |  | $ | 19,384 |
Costs incurred for which reserves have been provided |  |  | (2,485 | ) |  |  | (2,392 | )
Insurance proceeds received |  |  | 203 |  |  |  | 216 |
Interest accretion |  |  | 681 |  |  |  | 794 |
Changes in discount rates |  |  | 284 |  |  |  | 865 |
Revisions in estimates |  |  | 699 |  |  |  | 119 |
Ending balance |  | $ | 18,368 |  |  | $ | 18,986
Anticipated payments and insurance proceeds of identified environmental remediation liabilities | Anticipated payments and insurance proceeds of currently identified environmental remediation liabilities as of August 27, 2011, for the next five fiscal years and thereafter, as measured in current dollars, are reflected below.
(In thousands) | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Thereafter | Total
Estimated costs – current dollars |  |  | $ | 4,333 |  | $ | 2,366 |  | $ | 1,766 |  | $ | 919 |  | $ | 766 |  | $ | 12,387 |  | $ | 22,537 |  |
Estimated insurance proceeds |  |  |  | (159 | ) |  | (173 | ) |  | (159 | ) |  | (173 | ) |  | (159 | ) |  | (1,893 | ) |  | (2,716 | ) |
Net anticipated costs |  |  | $ | 4,174 |  | $ | 2,193 |  | $ | 1,607 |  | $ | 746 |  | $ | 607 |  | $ | 10,494 |  | $ | 19,821 |  |
Effect of inflation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,985 |  |
Effect of discounting |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (8,438 | ) |
Balance as of August 27, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 18,368 |  |

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