Long-Term Debt	3 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2017
Long-Term Debt [Abstract]
Long-Term Debt	(6) Long-Term Debt On September 1, 2016, Weis Markets entered into a revolving credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement provides for an unsecured revolving credit facility with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100.0 million with an additional discretionary amount available of $50.0 million. On March 13, 2017, the unsecured revolving credit facility was increased to $120.0 million. As of April 1, 2017, $70.9 million of the available $120.0 million was borrowed from the credit facility. The loan will bear interest on the outstanding principal amount at the one month LIBOR rate plus the applicable margin rate of 0.65% until its maturity on September 1, 2019. The loan was used to fund the recent acquisitions and the Company’s working capital requirements. The only financial covenant in the credit facility requires the Company’s minimum EBITDA to be at least $75.0 million. The Credit Agreement is also being utilized by the Company for letters of credit. As of April 1, 2017, the Company had $16.7 million, of the available $120.0 million from the credit facility, committed to outstanding letters of credit. The letters of credit are maintained primarily to support performance, payment, deposit or surety obligations of the Company. The Company does not anticipate drawing on any of them. Interest expense related to long-term debt was $273,000 for the 13 week period ending April 1, 2017.

Long-Term Debt

3 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

(6) Long-Term Debt

On September 1, 2016, Weis Markets entered into a revolving credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement provides for an unsecured revolving credit facility with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100.0 million with an additional discretionary amount available of $50.0 million. On March 13, 2017, the unsecured revolving credit facility was increased to $120.0 million. As of April 1, 2017, $70.9 million of the available $120.0 million was borrowed from the credit facility. The loan will bear interest on the outstanding principal amount at the one month LIBOR rate plus the applicable margin rate of 0.65% until its maturity on September 1, 2019. The loan was used to fund the recent acquisitions and the Company’s working capital requirements. The only financial covenant in the credit facility requires the Company’s minimum EBITDA to be at least $75.0 million. The Credit Agreement is also being utilized by the Company for letters of credit. As of April 1, 2017, the Company had $16.7 million, of the available $120.0 million from the credit facility, committed to outstanding letters of credit. The letters of credit are maintained primarily to support performance, payment, deposit or surety obligations of the Company. The Company does not anticipate drawing on any of them.

Interest expense related to long-term debt was $273,000 for the 13 week period ending April 1, 2017.