INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 26, 2025

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The components of the provision for income taxes are:

	Years ended
	July 26, 2025		July 27, 2024
Federal:
Current	$	11,372	$	12,348
Deferred	3,803		1,148
State:
Current	10,557		10,077
Deferred	(293)		(1,318)
	$	25,439	$	22,255

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

	July 26, 2025		July 27, 2024
Deferred tax assets:
Lease liabilities	$	86,132	$	91,188
Compensation related costs	6,282		5,513
Pension costs	1,127		1,691
Other	849		814
Total deferred tax assets	94,390		99,206
Deferred tax liabilities:
Tax over book depreciation	25,770		21,947
Lease assets	76,329		81,404
Patronage dividend receivable	4,022		4,615
Investment in partnerships	1,437		775
Other	1,731		2,794
Total deferred tax liabilities	109,289		111,535
Net deferred tax liability	$	(14,899)	$	(12,329)

Deferred income tax assets (liabilities) are included in the following captions on the consolidated balance sheets at July 26, 2025 and July 27, 2024:

	July 26, 2025	July 27, 2024
Other assets	3,252	2,584
Other liabilities	(18,151)	(14,913)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The effective income tax rate differs from the statutory federal income tax rate as follows:

	Years ended
	July 26, 2025		July 27, 2024
Statutory federal income tax rate	21.0	%	21.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	9.9	%	10.2	%
Other	0.2	%	(0.6)	%
Effective income tax rate	31.1	%	30.6	%