Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

NOTE 4 - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The major classifications of property, plant and equipment are as follows:

					March 30, 2013
							Assets					March 31, 2012
							Under							Assets
							Capital Lease/							Under
				Assets			Financing				Assets			Capital
				Owned			Obligations		Total		Owned			Lease		Total
			(Dollars in thousands)

Land			$	69,176				$	69,176	$	56,570				$	56,570
Buildings and
	improvements			183,653		$	54,917		238,570		153,835		$	42,846		196,681
Equipment, signage
	and fixtures			169,562					169,562		149,388					149,388
Vehicles				18,256			67		18,323		15,717			67		15,784
Construction-in-
	progress			4,261					4,261		6,002					6,002
				444,908			54,984		499,892		381,512			42,913		424,425
	Less - Accumulated
		depreciation and
		amortization		210,490			18,544		229,034		196,886			14,545		211,431
			$	234,418		$	36,440	$	270,858	$	184,626		$	28,368	$	212,994

Depreciation expense totaled $24.7 million, $22.0 million and $21.0 million for the fiscal years ended March 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Amortization expense recorded under capital leases and financing obligations and included in depreciation expense above totaled $3.9 million, $3.2 million and $2.9 million for the fiscal years ended March 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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