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Supplementary Balance Sheet Information

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Supplementary Balance Sheet Information [Abstract]

6. Supplementary Balance Sheet Information

Accrued Expenses and Current Portion of Other Long-Term Liabilities—Accrued expenses and current portion of other long-term liabilities are summarized as follows:


	2012		2011
Property, payroll, and other taxes payable	$	18,191,260	$	15,775,321
Salaries, wages, and bonuses payable		25,350,513		24,130,758
Self-insurance liabilities:
Employee group insurance		4,344,008		4,053,146
Workers’ compensation insurance		16,708,500		15,210,845
General liability insurance		5,642,783		5,566,909
Interest		19,132,734		20,375,692
Other		3,312,445		4,209,392

Total	$	92,682,243	$	89,322,063

Self-insurance liabilities are established for workers’ compensation, general liability, and employee group medical and dental benefits based on claims filed and claims incurred but not reported. The Company is insured for covered costs in excess of $750,000 per occurrence for workers’ compensation, $500,000 for general liability, and $325,000 per covered person for medical care benefits for a policy year.

Employee insurance expense, including workers’ compensation and medical care benefits, net of employee contributions, totaled $30.6 million, $31.8 million and $29.3 million for fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Other Long-Term Liabilities—Other long-term liabilities are summarized as follows:


	2012		2011
Advance payments on purchases contracts	$	1,786,938	$	995,653
Deferred gain—sale/leasebacks		470,558		520,951
Deferred lease expense		1,833,259		1,763,254
Nonqualified investment plan liability		5,671,265		4,456,066
Other		655,848		589,515

Total other long-term liabilities		10,417,868		8,325,439
Less current portion		1,234,715		1,099,936

	$	9,183,153	$	7,225,503

Advance Payments on Purchases Contracts—The Company has entered into agreements with suppliers whereby payment is received in advance and earned based on purchases of product from these suppliers in the future. The unearned portion, included in other long-term liabilities, will be recognized in the results of operations in accordance with the terms of the contract.