PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

(5) PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

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

	2012		2011

Land and improvements	$	73,713	$	64,001
Buildings and improvements		254,171		229,389
Machinery and equipment		519,212		475,292
Transportation equipment		37,205		33,927
Office furniture and equipment		72,728		75,229
Construction in progress		37,745		33,804

	$	994,774	$	911,642

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 $24,645, $22,775, and $15,652 for fiscal 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.

Minimum lease payments under operating leases expiring subsequent to December 29, 2012 are:


Fiscal year ending
2013	$	21,627
2014		19,068
2015		16,023
2016		12,300
2017		8,905
Subsequent		37,263

Total minimum lease payments	$	115,186

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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