PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

3 Months Ended

Aug. 27, 2017

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

6.    PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The components of property, plant, and equipment were as follows (dollars in millions):

	August 27,		May 28,
	2017		2017
Land and land improvements	$	138.6	$	139.8
Buildings, machinery, and equipment		2,134.6		1,917.7
Furniture, fixtures, office equipment, and other		62.9		62.6
Construction in progress		67.9		229.4
Property, plant and equipment, at cost		2,404.0		2,349.5
Less accumulated depreciation		(1,094.5)		(1,078.3)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	1,309.5	$	1,271.2

Depreciation expense was $29.3 million and $24.7 million for the thirteen weeks ended August 27, 2017 and August 28, 2016, respectively. At August 27, 2017 and May 28, 2017, purchases of property, plant and equipment included in accounts payable were $14.1 million and $60.4 million, respectively.

The amounts of interest capitalized in construction in progress for the thirteen weeks ended August 27, 2017 and August 28, 2016, were $2.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively.