Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

Inventories Disclosure [Abstract]

Merchandise Inventories [Table Text Block]

Merchandise inventories, as of December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011, were valued as follows:

(dollars in thousands)		2012		2011
LIFO	$	187,847	$	173,879
Average cost		57,396		52,312
	$	245,243	$	226,191