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Segment Reporting (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2012

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of sales and business unit income by reportable segment and a reconciliation of segment income to consolidated income before income taxes

The following is a summary of sales and business unit income by reportable segment and a reconciliation of business unit income to consolidated income before income taxes for the first quarter of 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):

	13 Weeks Ended
	April 28, 2012				April 30, 2011
	Sales
North American Delivery	$	2,555,071			$	2,511,646
North American Retail	2,323,831				2,328,085
International Operations	1,225,923				1,333,207
Total segment sales	$	6,104,825			$	6,172,938
	Business Unit Income (Loss)
North American Delivery	$	200,959			$	196,850
North American Retail	166,955				177,349
International Operations	(18,770		)		9,524
Business unit income	349,144				383,723
Stock-based compensation	(31,088		)		(35,396		)
Interest and other expense, net	(40,999		)		(46,522		)
Consolidated income before income taxes	$	277,057			$	301,805

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss. It also includes the tabular disclosure of all significant reconciling items in the reconciliation of total profit or loss from reportable segments, to the entity's consolidated income before income taxes, extraordinary items, and discontinued operations.

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