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Business Segment Data (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Class of Similar Products Which Represented More than 10% of Company's Consolidated Net Sales | The following table indicates each class of similar products which represented more than 10% of the Company’s consolidated net sales in the fiscal years presented (in millions).
Category |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Pet supplies (excluding wild bird feed) |  | $ | 774.2 |  |  | $ | 807.4 |  |  | $ | 847.1 |
Garden controls and fertilizer products |  |  | 262.5 |  |  |  | 274.9 |  |  |  | 281.7 |
Wild bird feed |  |  | 202.1 |  |  |  | 210.8 |  |  |  | 205.1 |
Other garden supplies |  |  | 182.5 |  |  |  | 183.5 |  |  |  | 185.7 |
Grass seed |  |  | 183.1 |  |  |  | 177.0 |  |  |  | 180.4 |
Total |  | $ | 1,604.4 |  |  | $ | 1,653.6 |  |  | $ | 1,700.0 |
Financial Information Relating to Company's Business Segments | Financial information relating to the Company’s business segments for each of the three most recent fiscal years is presented in the table below (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Year Ended |
|  | September 27, 2014 |  |  | September 28, 2013 |  |  | September 29, 2012 |
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pet segment |  | $ | 845,505 |  |  | $ | 888,228 |  |  | $ | 930,753 |
Garden segment |  |  | 758,852 |  |  |  | 765,405 |  |  |  | 769,260 |
Total |  | $ | 1,604,357 |  |  | $ | 1,653,633 |  |  | $ | 1,700,013 |
Income (loss) from operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pet segment |  | $ | 88,077 |  |  | $ | 95,451 |  |  | $ | 87,650 |
Garden segment |  |  | 41,020 | (1) |  |  | 8,286 | (2) |  |  | 40,376 |
Corporate |  |  | (72,884 | ) |  |  | (63,582 | ) |  |  | (53,605 | )
Total |  |  | 56,213 |  |  |  | 40,155 |  |  |  | 74,421 |
Interest expense |  |  | (42,844 | ) |  |  | (43,112 | ) |  |  | (40,315 | )
Interest income |  |  | 94 |  |  |  | 142 |  |  |  | 145 |
Other income (expense) |  |  | 403 |  |  |  | (677 | ) |  |  | 678 |
Income (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interest |  |  | 13,866 |  |  |  | (3,492 | ) |  |  | 34,929 |
Income tax expense (benefit) |  |  | 4,045 |  |  |  | (2,592 | ) |  |  | 12,816 |
Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interest |  |  | 9,821 |  |  |  | (900 | ) |  |  | 22,113 |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest |  |  | 1,017 |  |  |  | 1,029 |  |  |  | 940 |
Net income (loss) attributable to Central Garden & Pet Company |  | $ | 8,804 |  |  | $ | (1,929 | ) |  | $ | 21,173 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pet segment |  | $ | 414,279 |  |  | $ | 425,988 |  |  | $ | 411,059 |
Garden segment |  |  | 337,461 |  |  |  | 388,581 |  |  |  | 341,716 |
Corporate and eliminations |  |  | 396,987 |  |  |  | 346,591 |  |  |  | 396,772 |
Total |  | $ | 1,148,727 |  |  | $ | 1,161,160 |  |  | $ | 1,149,547 |
Depreciation and amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pet segment |  | $ | 17,256 |  |  | $ | 15,753 |  |  | $ | 14,507 |
Garden segment |  |  | 6,793 |  |  |  | 6,410 |  |  |  | 6,213 |
Corporate |  |  | 11,732 |  |  |  | 10,805 |  |  |  | 9,705 |
Total |  | $ | 35,781 |  |  | $ | 32,968 |  |  | $ | 30,425 |
Expenditures for long-lived assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pet segment |  | $ | 8,561 |  |  | $ | 9,694 |  |  | $ | 15,540 |
Garden segment |  |  | 5,541 |  |  |  | 7,496 |  |  |  | 4,138 |
Corporate |  |  | 3,071 |  |  |  | 7,982 |  |  |  | 19,914 |
Total |  | $ | 17,173 |  |  | $ | 25,172 |  |  | $ | 39,592 |
Noncontrolling interest is associated with the Garden segment.
(1) | Includes a $16.9 million charge related to certain products introduced in fiscal and a $4.9 million gain from the sale of manufacturing plant assets.
(2) | Includes goodwill impairment of $7.7 million and an $11.2 million charge related to certain products introduced in fiscal 2013.

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