CASH FLOW SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 25, 2021

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 fifty-two weeks ended December 25, 2021 and December 26, 2020, and December 28, 2019 were as follows:    

	2021		2020		2019
Interest	$	41,159	$	40,209	$	39,032
Income taxes	60,366		54,801		43,629

    The acquisitions in 2020 and 2019 included hold back payments contingent on seller representations and warranties of $1,046 and $5,456, respectively. The 2020 hold back payments were released from a trust in the first half of 2021 and the 2019 hold back payments were paid in the first quarter of 2020 and are shown as an investing use of cash in the acquisitions line item of the consolidated statements of cash flows.