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Note E - Property, Plant and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements |
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block] | NOTE E – PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Property, plant and equipment consist of the following :
|  | September 30, |  |  | September 24, |  |  | Estimated Useful Lives |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | (in years) |
|  | (in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |
Land |  | $ | 2,482 |  |  | $ | 2,512 |  |  |  | - |  |
Buildings |  |  | 26,741 |  |  |  | 26,741 |  |  | 15 | - | 39.5 |
Plant machinery and equipment |  |  | 257,172 |  |  |  | 227,614 |  |  | 5 | - | 20 |
Marketing equipment |  |  | 278,860 |  |  |  | 278,299 |  |  |  | - | 7 |
Transportation equipment |  |  | 8,449 |  |  |  | 7,637 |  |  |  | 5 |  |
Office equipment |  |  | 25,302 |  |  |  | 22,136 |  |  | 3 | - | 5 |
Improvements |  |  | 38,003 |  |  |  | 34,750 |  |  | 5 | - | 20 |
Construction in Progress |  |  | 16,880 |  |  |  | 5,356 |  |  |  | - |  |
|  |  | 653,889 |  |  |  | 605,045 |  |  |  |  |  |
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | 426,308 |  |  |  | 420,832 |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  | $ | 227,581 |  |  | $ | 184,213 |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation expense was $38,211,000, $34,536,000 and $32,356,000 for fiscal years 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively .

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 + Details
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