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Inventories (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Inventories [Abstract]  
Merchandise Inventories [Table Text Block]

Merchandise inventories, as of December 31, 2016 and December 26, 2015, were valued as follows:





 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

2016

 

2015

LIFO

$

 223,294 

$

 181,321 

Average cost

 

 53,489 

 

 48,078 



$

 276,783 

$

 229,399