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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 26, 2015
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Schedule of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts are summarized below (in thousands):
Description |  | Balances at Beginning of Period |  |  | Charged/ (Credited) to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Asset Write-Offs, Less Recoveries |  |  | Balances at End of Period |
Fiscal year ended September 28, 2013 |  |  | 18,574 |  |  |  | 4,373 |  |  |  | (1,789 | ) |  |  | 21,158 |
Fiscal year ended September 27, 2014 |  |  | 21,158 |  |  |  | 8,988 |  |  |  | (4,934 | ) |  |  | 25,212 |
Fiscal year ended September 26, 2015 |  |  | 25,212 |  |  |  | 741 |  |  |  | (6,657 | ) |  |  | 19,296 |

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