Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

2. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following at December 31, 2011 and December 25, 2010:


	Useful Life	2011			2010
Land		$	831,387		$	867,573
Buildings	10 years		5,773,270			5,106,251
Equipment	3-5 years		68,794,841			48,225,704
Leasehold improvements	Life of the lease		15,263,804			14,357,251
Furniture and fixtures	3 years		400,304			404,143
Equipment under construction			1,889,396			16,536,645

			92,953,002			85,497,567
Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(60,583,561	)		(52,883,606	)

		$	32,369,441		$	32,613,961

There were no gains or losses on disposals of long-lived assets in fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009. Depreciation expense for the fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009 was approximately $7,934,000, $6,565,000 and $5,991,000 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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