PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2014

(5) PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

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

	2014		2013
Land and improvements	$	82,372	$	71,726
Buildings and improvements		327,863		265,112
Machinery and equipment		593,387		520,262
Transportation equipment		35,205		37,213
Office furniture and equipment		76,589		73,200
Construction in progress		24,153		49,613

	$	1,139,569	$	1,017,126

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 $28,580, $26,567, and $24,645 for fiscal 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively.

Minimum lease payments under operating leases expiring subsequent to December 27, 2014 are:

Fiscal year ending
2015	$	24,525
2016		19,694
2017		16,166
2018		12,171
2019		9,096
Subsequent		35,042

Total minimum lease payments	$	116,694

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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