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Inventories
12 Months Ended
Oct. 25, 2013
Inventories [Abstract]  
Inventories

NOTE 3 – INVENTORIES

The major classes of inventories consist of the following:

    2013   2012
Manufactured products $ 267,680 $ 215,790
Raw materials, supplies and work-in-progress   171,302   144,637
Total Inventories $ 438,982 $ 360,427

 

The amounts above inventories stated at cost determined by the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method. Total LIFO inventories were $187,781 at October 25, 2013 and $144,693 at October 26, 2012, approximately $86,337 and $88,342 lower, respectively, than such costs determined under the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.