PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment, at cost, consist of the following:



	2015		2014
Land and improvements	$	79,450	$	82,372
Buildings and improvements	323,469		327,863
Machinery and equipment	565,771		593,387
Transportation equipment	17,774		35,205
Office furniture and equipment	77,054		76,589
Construction in progress	17,538		24,153
	$	1,081,056	$	1,139,569

The Company leases certain facilities, machinery, computer equipment and transportation equipment under operating leases with unexpired terms ranging from one to fifteen years. Rental expense for operating leases amounted to $25,546, $28,580, and $26,567 for fiscal 2015, 2014, and 2013, respectively.

Minimum lease payments under operating leases expiring subsequent to December 26, 2015 are:



Fiscal year ending
2016	$	20,816
2017	17,824
2018	13,587
2019	9,510
2020	7,894
Subsequent	31,986
Total minimum lease payments	$	101,617