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Area of a real estate property.

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Current assets (normally turning over within one year or one business cycle if longer) that are held for sale apart from normal operations and anticipated to be sold within one year.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 205

-SubTopic 20

-Section 45

-Paragraph 10

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Amount before valuation and LIFO reserves of raw materials expected to be sold, or consumed within one year or operating cycle, if longer.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 6

-Subparagraph a

-Article 5

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6(a)(4))

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The value of all consideration given or received by the Entity in the significant acquisition or disposal.

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Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 27, 2013	Sep. 27, 2013	Sep. 28, 2012 sqft
Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Raw materials	$ 2,081,000	$ 2,050,000
Assets held for sale			3,700,000
Square Footage of real estate property (sqft)			354,000
Purchase price of property			109,800,000
Land [Member]
Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Purchase price of property			35,500,000
Buildings [Member]
Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Purchase price of property			74,300,000
Other Noncurrent Assets [Member]
Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Raw materials	$ 3,600,000	$ 4,000,000