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Business Segment Data (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Class of Similar Products Which Represented Approximately 10% or More of Company's Consolidated Net Sales | The following table indicates each class of similar products which represented approximately 10% or more of the Company’s consolidated net sales in the fiscal years presented (in millions).
Category | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Other pet products | $ | 841.4 |  |  | $ | 689.3 |  |  | $ | 594.7 |  |
Other garden supplies | 464.9 |  |  | 331.3 |  |  | 343.5 |  |
Dog and cat products | 405.0 |  |  | 326.0 |  |  | 233.0 |  |
Garden controls and fertilizer products | 343.2 |  |  | 298.8 |  |  | 286.3 |  |
Wild bird feed | — |  | (1) | 183.6 |  |  | 193.2 |  |
Total | $ | 2,054.5 |  |  | $ | 1,829.0 |  |  | $ | 1,650.7 |  |
See Note 4 - Concentration of Credit Risk and Significant Customers and Suppliers for the Company’s largest customers by segment. (1) The product category was less than 10% of the Company's consolidated net sales in the respective period.
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 30, 2017 |  | September 24, 2016 |  | September 26, 2015 |
Net sales: |  |  |  |  |  |
Pet segment | $ | 1,246,354 |  |  | $ | 1,081,853 |  |  | $ | 894,549 |  |
Garden segment | 808,124 |  |  | 747,164 |  |  | 756,188 |  |
Total | $ | 2,054,478 |  |  | $ | 1,829,017 |  |  | $ | 1,650,737 |  |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |
Pet segment | $ | 131,622 |  |  | $ | 119,930 |  | (1) | $ | 98,798 |  | (1)
Garden segment | 87,298 |  |  | 70,317 |  |  | 60,145 |  |
Corporate | (62,808 | ) |  | (60,889 | ) |  | (67,508 | ) |
Total | 156,112 |  |  | 129,358 |  |  | 91,435 |  |
Interest expense | (28,209 | ) |  | (42,847 | ) |  | (40,027 | ) |
Interest income | 147 |  |  | 140 |  |  | 129 |  |
Other income (expense) | (1,621 | ) |  | (17,013 | ) | (2) | 13 |  |
Income (loss) before income taxes and noncontrolling interest | 126,429 |  |  | 69,638 |  |  | 51,550 |  |
Income tax expense (benefit) | 46,699 |  |  | 24,053 |  |  | 18,535 |  |
Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interest | 79,730 |  |  | 45,585 |  |  | 33,015 |  |
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | 902 |  |  | 1,071 |  |  | 1,044 |  |
Net income (loss) attributable to Central Garden & Pet Company | $ | 78,828 |  |  | $ | 44,514 |  |  | $ | 31,971 |  |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Pet segment | $ | 612,337 |  |  | $ | 508,879 |  |  | $ | 465,171 |  |
Garden segment | 311,026 |  |  | 304,901 |  |  | 310,981 |  |
Corporate and eliminations | 383,543 |  |  | 366,903 |  |  | 324,960 |  |
Total | $ | 1,306,906 |  |  | $ | 1,180,683 |  |  | $ | 1,101,112 |  |
Depreciation and amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |
Pet segment | $ | 26,044 |  |  | $ | 22,556 |  |  | $ | 15,885 |  |
Garden segment | 6,267 |  |  | 6,098 |  |  | 5,988 |  |
Corporate | 10,408 |  |  | 11,347 |  |  | 11,830 |  |
Total | $ | 42,719 |  |  | $ | 40,001 |  |  | $ | 33,703 |  |
Expenditures for long-lived assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Pet segment | $ | 38,970 |  |  | $ | 18,939 |  |  | $ | 17,060 |  |
Garden segment | 4,948 |  |  | 4,750 |  |  | 2,432 |  |
Corporate | 741 |  |  | 3,933 |  |  | 2,538 |  |
Total | $ | 44,659 |  |  | $ | 27,622 |  |  | $ | 22,030 |  |
Noncontrolling interest is associated with the Garden segment.
(1) | Includes a $1.8 million impairment charge in fiscal 2016 and a $7.3 million impairment charge in fiscal 2015 to indefinite-lived intangible assets as a result of increased competition and declining sales volume.
(2) | Includes a $16.6 million impairment charge related to two equity method investments.

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