Accrued Expenses And Current Portion Of Other Long-Term Liabilities

3 Months Ended

Dec. 24, 2011

Accrued Expenses And Current Portion Of Other Long-Term Liabilities [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses And Current Portion Of Other Long-Term Liabilities

E. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND CURRENT PORTION OF OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

Accrued expenses and current portion of other long-term liabilities consist of the following:


	DECEMBER 24, 2011		SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Property, payroll, and other taxes payable	$	11,342,351	$	15,775,321
Salaries, wages and bonuses payable		19,403,680		24,130,758
Self-insurance liabilities		25,326,315		24,830,900
Interest payable		6,920,691		20,375,692
Income taxes payable		4,826,308		—
Other		3,866,854		4,209,392

Total	$	71,686,199	$	89,322,063

Self-insurance liabilities are established for general liability claims, workers' compensation claims, and employee group medical and dental benefits based on claims filed and estimates of 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 $7.3 million and $8.5 million for each of the three-month periods ended December 24, 2011 and December 25, 2010, respectively.