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Major Supplier | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2012
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Major Supplier | 16. Major Supplier The Company purchases a large portion of inventory from a wholesale grocery distributor. Purchases from the distributor were approximately $201.3 million in 2012, $273.9 million in 2011 and $269.4 million in 2010. This distributor owns approximately 2% of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and approximately 1% of the Company’s Class B Common Stock at September 29, 2012. Amounts owed to this distributor, included in accounts payable-trade and accrued expenses, were $0.1 million at September 29, 2012 and $10.4 million at September 24, 2011. In addition, the Company sells dairy and juice products to this wholesale grocery distributor. Sales to this distributor were $39.4 million in 2012, $42.2 million in 2011 and $37.6 million in 2010. Amounts due from this distributor, included in receivables, were $1.7 million at September 29, 2012 and $1.9 million at September 24, 2011.

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