Selected Balance Sheet and Statement of Operations Information

12 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2025

Disclosure Text Block Supplement [Abstract]

Selected Balance Sheet and Statement of Operations Information

6. Selected Balance Sheet and Statement of Operations Information

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash. Restricted cash consists of amounts deposited in various bank accounts held by a trustee, as required for operating, maintenance and debt service purposes, all of which is stipulated in the loan agreement under the indenture to the Green Bonds. The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets that aggregates to the total shown on the consolidated statements of cash flows:


	As of
	September 27,		September 28,
	2025		2024
Cash and cash equivalents	$	405	$	3,219
Restricted cash included in other current assets		3,302		9,355
Restricted cash included in other assets (noncurrent)		8,064		7,940
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown on the consolidated statements of cash flows	$	11,771	$	20,514

Inventories. Inventories consist of the following:


	As of
	September 27,		September 28,
	2025		2024
Propane, fuel oil and refined fuels and natural gas	$	69,694	$	52,284
Appliances		4,032		3,146
	$	73,726	$	55,430

The Partnership enters into contracts for the supply of propane, fuel oil and natural gas. Such contracts generally have a term of one year subject to annual renewal, with purchase quantities specified at the time of order and costs based on market prices at the date of delivery.

Property, plant and equipment. Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:


	As of
	September 27,			September 28,
	2025			2024
Land and improvements	$	199,862		$	195,601
Buildings and improvements		141,211			133,019
Transportation equipment		32,800			26,306
Storage facilities		125,441			122,308
Machinery and equipment		78,457			77,841
Tanks and cylinders		1,000,002			965,187
Computer software		58,009			54,988
Construction in progress		61,964			30,806
		1,697,746			1,606,056
Less: accumulated depreciation		(1,006,471	)		(952,071	)
	$	691,275		$	653,985

Depreciation expense for fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023 amounted to $59,364, $54,681 and $51,676, respectively.

Other, Net. Other, Net consists of the following:


	Year Ended
	September 27,			September 28,		September 30,
	2025			2024		2023
Equity in losses of Oberon (1)	$	12,358		$	16,042	$	4,698
Equity in losses of IH (2)		11,438			2,077		1,566
Impairment of cost-method investee (3)		6,095			—		—
Contingent consideration from Equilibrium		(3,000	)		—		—
Reversal of the earnout reserve established in connection with the RNG Acquisition (4)		(6,194	)		—		—
Other (5)		1,431			3,418		2,772
Other, net	$	22,128		$	21,537	$	9,036

(1)

Fiscal 2025 included an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $10,213 (see Note 4 above).

(2)

Fiscal 2025 included an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $9,595 (see Note 4 above).

(3)

Fiscal 2025 included an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $6,095 (see Note 4 above).

(4)

Represents an adjustment to the fair value of the Partnership's contingent consideration liability (see Note 4 above).

(5)

Includes net periodic benefits costs for the Partnership's pension and other postretirement benefit plans and pension settlement charges (see Note 12 below).