CLOSURES AND IMPAIRMENTS EXPENSE (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Nov. 29, 2011

Closures And Impairments Expense [Abstract]

Closures and Impairments Expenses

Closures and impairment expenses include the following for the 13 and 26 weeks ended November 29, 2011 and November 30, 2010 (in thousands):

	Thirteen weeks ended					Twenty-six weeks ended
	November 29, 2011			November 30, 2010		November 29, 2011			November 30, 2010
Property impairments	$	630		$	12	$	836		$	1,338
Closed restaurant lease reserves		(153	)		327		(74	)		663
Other closing costs		226			9		416			83
(Gain)/loss on sale of surplus properties		(50	)		–		(80	)		3
	$	653		$	348	$	1,098		$	2,087

Future lease obligations associated with closed properties

A rollforward of our future lease obligations associated with closed properties is as follows (in thousands):

	Lease Obligations
Balance at May 31, 2011	$	2,660
Closing expense including rent and other lease charges		(74	)
Payments		(522	)
Other adjustments		(138	)
Balance at November 29, 2011	$	1,926