Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Note 4 Property and Equipment

Property and equipment, as of December 31, 2011 and December 25, 2010, consisted of:

	Useful Life
(dollars in thousands)	(in years)	2011		2010
Land		$	93,676	$	91,596
Buildings and improvements	10-60		492,024		447,648
Equipment	3-12		759,158		714,308
Leasehold improvements	5-20		144,057		142,319

Total, at cost			1,488,915		1,395,871
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization			913,912		870,809

		$	575,003	$	525,062

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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