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Lines Of Business

12 Months Ended

Sep. 24, 2011

Lines Of Business [Abstract]

Lines Of Business

10. Lines of Business

The Company operates three lines of business: retail grocery sales (representing the aggregation of individual retail stores), shopping center rentals and a fluid dairy processing plant. All of the Company's operations are domestic. Information about the Company's operations by lines of business (amounts in thousands) is as follows:


		2011				2010				2009
Revenues from unaffiliated customers:
Grocery sales		$	3,428,730			$	3,274,015			$	3,143,633
Shopping center rentals			9,102				9,179				10,499
Fluid dairy			131,191				116,037				107,301

Total revenues from unaffiliated customers		$	3,569,023			$	3,399,231			$	3,261,433

Income from operations:
Grocery sales		$	105,648			$	96,256			$	96,681
Shopping center rentals			1,854				1,767				2,432
Fluid dairy			11,015				11,423				12,589

Total income from operations		$	118,517			$	109,446			$	111,702

Assets:
Grocery sales		$	1,471,086			$	1,384,496			$	1,368,686
Shopping center rentals			113,454				119,097				126,853
Fluid dairy			36,244				30,857				26,450
Elimination of intercompany receivable			(2,434	)			(2,092	)			(1,942	)

Total assets		$	1,618,350			$	1,532,358			$	1,520,047

Capital expenditures:
Grocery sales		$	83,169			$	84,559			$	135,630
Shopping center rentals			259				3,903				3,013
Fluid dairy			14,078				3,563				2,378

Total capital expenditures		$	97,506			$	92,025			$	141,021

Depreciation and amortization:
Grocery sales		$	78,236			$	77,507			$	71,859
Shopping center rentals			5,367				5,394				5,706
Fluid dairy			1,805				2,030				2,114

Total depreciation and amortization		$	85,408			$	84,931			$	79,679

Sales by product category for fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively, are as follows:


		Fiscal Year Ended September
		2011				2010				2009
Grocery		$	1,397,944,577			$	1,366,594,928			$	1,358,030,265
Non-foods			690,198,906				684,507,646				664,376,193
Perishables			825,068,043				787,050,900				768,604,794
Gasoline			515,518,865				435,861,591				352,621,331

Total grocery segment		$	3,428,730,391			$	3,274,015,065			$	3,143,632,583

The grocery category includes grocery, dairy, and frozen foods.

The non-foods category includes alcoholic beverages, tobacco, pharmacy, health and video.

The perishables category includes meat, produce, deli and bakery.

Revenue from shopping center rentals, net of shopping center expense of $7.2 million, $7.4 million and $8.1 million for the fiscal years ended 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively, is included in the caption "Rental income, net" in the Consolidated Statements of Income. Grocery and fluid dairy revenues comprise the net sales reported in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

The fluid dairy segment had $59.6 million, $55.7 million and $54.2 million in sales to the grocery sales segment in fiscal 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. These sales were eliminated in consolidation.