CASH FLOW SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 24, 2016

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

CASH FLOW SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

CASH FLOW SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

The Company considers all highly liquid temporary cash investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash payments for interest and income taxes (net of refunds) for the thirty-nine weeks endedSeptember 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015 were as follows:

	2016		2015
Interest	$	24,036	$	23,447
Income taxes	47,954		21,517

Share Repurchase Programs

On May 13, 2014, the Company announced a new capital allocation philosophy which increased the dividend by 50% and covered a share repurchase program of up to $500,000 of the Company's outstanding common stock to be acquired from time to time over twelve months at prevailing market prices, through open market or privately-negotiated transactions. On February 24, 2015, the Board of Directors authorized an additional purchase of up to $250,000 of the Company's outstanding common stock with no stated expiration date. As of September 24, 2016, the Company has acquired 4,531,259 shares for approximately $610,600 under the share repurchase programs.