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SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 24, 2011
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS |
|  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Charged (credited) to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Other Additions |  |  | Deductions (a) |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Year Ended September 26, 2009 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 6,578 |  |  | $ | 3,284 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (5,488 | ) |  | $ | 4,374 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | 48,895 |  |  |  | (2,048 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (1,385 | ) |  |  | 45,462 |
Year Ended September 25, 2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 4,374 |  |  | $ | 5,141 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (4,112 | ) |  | $ | 5,403 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | 45,462 |  |  |  | (4,806 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 40,656 |
Year Ended September 24, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 5,403 |  |  | $ | 5,598 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (4,041 | ) |  | $ | 6,960 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | 40,656 |  |  |  | (454 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 40,202 |
| (a) | Represents amounts that did not impact earnings.

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