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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2025

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Income tax benefit consists of the following:

(Thousands of Dollars)			2025						2024						2023
Current Taxes:
Federal			(9)						2,430						4,528
State			20						488						(336)
			11						2,918						4,192
Deferred Taxes:
Federal			(3,605)						(9,388)						(4,973)
State			(3,309)						(1,140)						432
			(6,914)						(10,528)						(4,541)
Income tax benefit			(6,903)						(7,610)						(349)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

Income tax benefit related to operations differs from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate to loss before income taxes. The reasons for these differences are as follows:

(Percent of Loss Before Income Taxes)			2025						2024						2023
Computed “expected” income tax expense			21.0						21.0						21.0
State income tax benefit, net of federal tax benefit			6.3						3.8						(5.4)
Net income of associated companies			1.3						2.3						31.2
Resolution of tax matters			0.2						1.8						69.7
Remeasurement due to state rate changes			(0.7)						2.5						(84.0)
Non-deductible expenses			(3.1)						(3.6)						(28.5)
Valuation allowance			(7.4)						(2.4)						28.8
State net operating loss expiration			(4.6)						(3.0)						(12.8)
Recognition of basis differences			3.5						1.6						7.5
Other			(0.2)						0.4						(16.2)
			16.3						24.4						11.3

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Net deferred income tax liabilities consist of the following components:

(Thousands of Dollars)			September 28 2025						September 29 2024
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Property and equipment			(3,468)						(5,327)
Identified intangible assets			(13,065)						(15,097)
ASC 842 - Leases DTL			(6,357)						(8,308)
Other			(1,091)						(1,738)
Investments			(29,144)						(31,150)
			(53,125)						(61,619)
Deferred income tax assets:
Pension and postretirement benefits			1,460						3,839
Interest deduction limitation			22,929						16,097
Operating loss carryforwards			23,771						25,267
ASC 842 - Leases DTA			6,818						9,306
Other			5,337						5,208
			60,315						59,717
Valuation allowance			(29,667)						(26,500)
Net deferred income tax liabilities			(22,477)						(28,403)

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward

A reconciliation of 2025 and 2024 changes in gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

(Thousands of Dollars)			2025						2024
Balance, beginning of year			14,171						14,914
Changes in tax positions for prior years			(385)						216
Increases (decrease) in tax positions for the current year			1,277						837
Lapse in statute of limitations			(901)						(1,796)
Balance, end of year			14,162						14,171

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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