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INDEBTEDNESS
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
INDEBTEDNESS INDEBTEDNESS
The Company had no debt outstanding at December 27, 2024, September 27, 2024, or December 29, 2023.

Revolver
The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have entered into an unsecured credit facility with PNC Bank National Association and Associated Bank, N.A. ("the Lending Group").  This credit facility consists of a $75 million Revolving Credit Facility among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, PNC Bank National Association, as lender and as administrative agent, and the other lender named therein (as amended, the “Credit Agreement” or “Revolver”). The Revolver provides for borrowing of up to an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75,000 with a $50,000 accordion feature that gives the Company the option to request an increase of the maximum financing availability (i.e., an aggregate borrowing amount of $125,000) subject to the conditions of the Credit Agreement and subject to the approval of the lenders. On July 15, 2021, the Company entered into a First
Amendment to this credit facility that extended its expiration date from November 15, 2022, to July 15, 2026. On January 29, 2025, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to this credit facility that reduced the Revolver to $50,000 (but maintained the accordion feature) and modified the terms of the Credit Agreement as disclosed below for the period from the amendment date until the earlier of (1) the Company’s compliance with both a 3.00x maximum leverage ratio and a 3.50x minimum interest coverage ratio for the trailing twelve month period or (2) delivery of the Company’s fiscal 2025 financial statements and compliance certificate (the “Second Amendment Period”):

•suspension of application of the maximum leverage and minimum interest coverage ratios during the Second Amendment Period;
•the Company and its subsidiaries must maintain a $50,000 minimum cash balance;
•acquisition, dividends, repurchases and distributions permitted, provided the Company and its subsidiaries maintain a $50,000 minimum cash balance;
•monthly financial reporting if the facility availability is less than or equal to 95%; and
•the granting of a security interest in the Company’s personal property assets if the facility availability is less than or equal to 95%.

Other key provisions of the credit facility remained as outlined herein and the description herein is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the original Credit Agreement (a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the current report on Form 8-K dated and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2017), the First Amendment, (a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the current report on Form 8-K dated and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2021), and the aforementioned Second Amendment (a copy of which is filed with this Report as Exhibit 10.1).

The interest rate is based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin ranges from 1.00% to 1.75% and is dependent on the Company’s leverage ratio for the trailing twelve month period.  The interest rates on the Revolver at both December 27, 2024 and December 29, 2023 were approximately 5.5% and 6.5%, respectively. During the Second Amendment Period, the interest rate on borrowings under the Revolver will equal SOFR plus a 1.75% applicable margin.

The Credit Agreement restricts the Company's ability to incur additional debt, includes maximum leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio covenants and is unsecured, except as noted above during the Second Amendment Period.

Other Borrowings
The Company had no unsecured revolving credit facilities at its foreign subsidiaries as of December 27, 2024 or December 29, 2023.  The Company utilizes letters of credit primarily as security for the payment of future claims under its workers’ compensation insurance, which totaled approximately $67 and $67 as of December 27, 2024 and December 29, 2023, respectively.