Acquisitions	3 Months Ended
Jan. 24, 2014
Acquisitions [Abstract]
Acquisitions	NOTE 2 – ACQUISITIONS On August 1, 2013, we purchased all the outstanding shares of Inver Holding S.r.l. (Inver Group), for total consideration of approximately $210,000, including the assumption of Inver Group's existing debt. Inver Group is an Italian-based industrial coatings company serving customers in Italy, France, the UK, Germany and other countries. The acquisition strengthens our presence in the large European industrial coatings market and broadens our range of technologies for the general industrial product line. Inver Group had net sales of approximately $200,000 in 2012. The acquisition was recorded in our Coatings segment in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 at fair value and an allocation of the purchase price has been completed, with the exception of certain tax items. The assets, liabilities and operating results have been included in our financial statements from the date of acquisition. On December 28, 2012, we purchased Ace Hardware Corporation's paint manufacturing business, including two manufacturing facilities near Chicago, IL for approximately $35,000. We manufacture and supply paint to Ace Hardware Corporation for sale at Ace retail locations. The acquisition was recorded in our Paints segment at fair value and an allocation of the purchase price has been completed. The assets, liabilities and operating results have been included in our financial statements from the date of acquisition. Pro forma results of operations for the acquisitions noted above are not presented, as they were immaterial to the reported results.

NOTE 2 – ACQUISITIONS

On August 1, 2013, we purchased all the outstanding shares of Inver Holding S.r.l. (Inver Group), for total consideration of approximately $210,000, including the assumption of Inver Group's existing debt. Inver Group is an Italian-based industrial coatings company serving customers in Italy, France, the UK, Germany and other countries. The acquisition strengthens our presence in the large European industrial coatings market and broadens our range of technologies for the general industrial product line. Inver Group had net sales of approximately $200,000 in 2012. The acquisition was recorded in our Coatings segment in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 at fair value and an allocation of the purchase price has been completed, with the exception of certain tax items. The assets, liabilities and operating results have been included in our financial statements from the date of acquisition.

On December 28, 2012, we purchased Ace Hardware Corporation's paint manufacturing business, including two manufacturing facilities near Chicago, IL for approximately $35,000. We manufacture and supply paint to Ace Hardware Corporation for sale at Ace retail locations. The acquisition was recorded in our Paints segment at fair value and an allocation of the purchase price has been completed. The assets, liabilities and operating results have been included in our financial statements from the date of acquisition.

Pro forma results of operations for the acquisitions noted above are not presented, as they were immaterial to the reported results.