Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Apr. 25, 2015

Note 5: Property, Plant and Equipment

(Amounts in thousands)	Estimated Useful Lives		4/25/2015			4/26/2014
Buildings and building fixtures		3 - 40 years	$	202,482		$	161,490
Machinery and equipment		3 - 15 years		142,949			140,561
Information systems and software		3 - 10 years		72,200			64,208
Land		—		15,409			15,344
Land improvements		3 - 30 years		14,747			10,820
Transportation equipment		3 - 10 years		17,051			17,420
Furniture and fixtures		3 - 15 years		20,996			14,104
Construction in progress				14,195			31,233

				500,029			455,180
Accumulated depreciation				(325,993	)		(327,645	)

Net property, plant and equipment			$	174,036		$	127,535

Depreciation expense from continuing operations for the fiscal years ended April 25, 2015, April 26, 2014, and April 27, 2013, was $19.3 million, $19.3 million, and $19.7 million, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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