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Selected Balance Sheet Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2012
Selected Balance Sheet Information [Abstract] |
Inventories | Inventories consist of the following:
|  | As of |
|  | September 29, |  |  | September 24, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Propane, fuel oil and refined fuels and natural gas |  | $ | 83,543 |  |  | $ | 64,601 |
Appliances |  |  | 4,633 |  |  |  | 1,306 |
|  | $ | 88,176 |  |  | $ | 65,907 |
Property, plant and equipment | Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:
|  | As of |
|  | September 29, |  |  | September 24, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Land and improvements |  | $ | 206,130 |  |  | $ | 27,904 |
Buildings and improvements |  |  | 112,610 |  |  |  | 82,639 |
Transportation equipment |  |  | 73,428 |  |  |  | 19,067 |
Storage facilities |  |  | 115,445 |  |  |  | 79,525 |
Equipment, primarily tanks and cylinders |  |  | 836,757 |  |  |  | 485,859 |
Computer systems |  |  | 48,320 |  |  |  | 47,718 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 4,043 |  |  |  | 2,704 |
|  |  | 1,396,733 |  |  |  | 745,416 |
Less: accumulated depreciation |  |  | (427,408 | ) |  |  | (407,291 | )
|  | $ | 969,325 |  |  | $ | 338,125 |

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