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EQUITY INVESTMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2017

Equity Method Investments [Abstract]

Equity investments

Equity investments consisted of the following as of December 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017:

	As of
(in thousands)	December 30, 2017				September 30, 2017
Equity method investment	$	1,518			$	1,502

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Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
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