LEASES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Leases [Abstract]

LEASES

(20) LEASES

The Company has operating leases for plant locations, corporate offices, sales offices, and certain equipment. Outstanding leases at December 31, 2022 have remaining lease terms of one year to twenty-five years, some of which include options to extend leases for up to ten years. The Company does not have any financing leases. The Company elected practical expedients not to reassess whether existing contracts are or contain leases, to not reassess the lease classification of any existing leases, to not reassess initial direct costs for any existing leases, to use hindsight in determining the lease term and in assessing impairment of the right-of-use asset, and to not separate lease and non-lease components for all classes of underlying assets.

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in “Other assets”, “Other accrued expenses”, and “Operating lease liabilities” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. ROU assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make future lease payments arising from the lease.

Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. The Company used its collateralized incremental borrowing rate in determining the present value of future lease payments. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes any lease incentives and impairments. Some of the Company’s facility leases include options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The Company commenced on a new corporate headquarters operating lease with straight-line annual expense of approximately $5,100, a 2% annual increase in lease payment, and a 25-year term during 2021. In recognition of this lease, an operating lease asset of $71,853 and an operating long-term liability of $71,196 was recognized.

(20) LEASES – CONTINUED

Lease cost and other information related to the Company’s operating leases at December 31, 2022 and December 25, 2021 are as follows:

	Fifty-three			Fifty-two
	weeks ended			weeks ended
	December 31,			December 25,
	2022			2021
Operating lease cost	$	31,062		$	27,421
Operating cash outflows from operating leases	$	33,150		$	27,793
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations	$	27,480		$	86,481
Weighted average remaining lease term		17 years			17 years
Weighted average discount rate		4.2	%		4.0	%

Operating lease cost includes approximately $1,600 for short-term lease costs and approximately $4,400 for variable lease payments in 2022.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to operating leases as of December 31, 2022 and December 25, 2021 is as follows:

		December 31,		December 25,
	Classification	2022		2021
Operating lease assets	Other assets	$	162,930	$	152,664
Operating lease short-term liabilities	Other accrued expenses		16,857		16,754
Operating lease long-term liabilities	Operating lease liabilities		155,469		147,759
Total lease liabilities		$	172,326	$	164,513

Minimum lease payments under operating leases expiring subsequent to December 31, 2022 are as follows:

Fiscal year ending:
2023	$	23,815
2024		20,689
2025		19,615
2026		17,333
2027		13,924
Subsequent		147,767
Total minimum lease payments	$	243,143
Less: Interest	$	70,817
Present value of minimum lease payments	$	172,326