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FACILITY CLOSURE
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
FACILITY CLOSURE [Abstract]  
Facility Closure
NOTE 14 – FACILITY CLOSURE:

Consistent with the Company's strategy to strengthen our distribution capabilities, we decided to close our Hogansville, Georgia facility in 2013 and will open a new, larger multi-channel distribution facility in Braselton, Georgia in June 2012. On March 14, 2012, the Company announced to affected employees its plan to close the Hogansville facility. Approximately 210 employees are affected by this closure.

In conjunction with the plan to close the Hogansville distribution facility, the Company recorded approximately $1.1 million in closing-related costs during the first quarter of fiscal 2012, consisting of severance of $1.0 million and $0.1 million of accelerated depreciation (included in selling, general, and administrative expenses). As of March 31, 2012, there was approximately $1.1 million of restructuring reserves included in other long-term liabilities on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet related to this closure. The Company expects to incur additional closure-related charges of approximately $1.8 million for one-time termination benefits ($1.1 million in fiscal 2012 and $0.7 million in fiscal 2013) and $1.6 million in accelerated depreciation ($1.1 million in fiscal 2012 and $0.5 million in fiscal 2013), and other closure costs of $1.0 million in fiscal 2013. The salvage value of this facility is estimated to be $2.0 million.

When the Company determined that it was probable that the Hogansville facility would be closed, an impairment test was performed under the "held and used" model. We determined that the assets were not impaired; however, the estimated useful lives of the assets were reassessed and depreciation was accelerated over the expected remaining shutdown period.