Segment Reporting

12 Months Ended

Aug. 25, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting

15. Segment Reporting

Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise for which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision-maker, or decision-making group, in making decisions on how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company's chief operating decision maker is the Company's chief executive officer. The Company has six operating segments based on the information reviewed by its chief executive officer; US Rental and Cleaning, Canadian Rental and Cleaning, Manufacturing ("MFG"), Corporate, Specialty Garments Rental and Cleaning ("Specialty Garments") and First Aid. The US Rental and Cleaning and Canadian Rental and Cleaning operating segments have been combined to form the US and Canadian Rental and Cleaning reporting segment, and as a result, the Company has five reporting segments.

The US and Canadian Rental and Cleaning reporting segment purchases, rents, cleans, delivers and sells, uniforms and protective clothing and non-garment items in the United States and Canada.  The laundry locations of the US and Canadian Rental and Cleaning reporting segment are referred to by the Company as "industrial laundries" or "industrial laundry locations."

The MFG operating segment designs and manufactures uniforms and non-garment items solely for the purpose of providing these goods to the US and Canadian Rental and Cleaning reporting segment. MFG revenues are generated when goods are shipped from the Company's manufacturing facilities, or its subcontract manufacturers, to other Company locations. These revenues are recorded at a transfer price which is typically in excess of the actual manufacturing cost. Products are carried in inventory and subsequently placed in service and amortized at this transfer price. On a consolidated basis, intercompany revenues and income are eliminated and the carrying value of inventories and rental merchandise in service is reduced to the manufacturing cost.  Income before income taxes from MFG net of the intercompany MFG elimination offsets the merchandise amortization costs incurred by the US and Canadian Rental and Cleaning reporting segment as the merchandise costs of this reporting segment are amortized and recognized based on inventories purchased from MFG at the transfer price which is above the Company's manufacturing cost.

The Corporate operating segment consists of costs associated with the Company's distribution center, sales and marketing, information systems, engineering, materials management, manufacturing planning, finance, budgeting, human resources, other general and administrative costs and interest expense. The revenues generated from the Corporate operating segment represent certain direct sales made by the Company directly from its distribution center. The products sold by this operating segment are the same products rented and sold by the US and Canadian Rental and Cleaning reporting segment. In the table below, no assets or capital expenditures are presented for the Corporate operating segment because no assets are allocated to this operating segment in the information reviewed by the chief executive officer. However, depreciation and amortization expense related to certain assets are reflected in income from operations and income before income taxes for the Corporate operating segment. The assets that give rise to this depreciation and amortization are included in the total assets of the US and Canadian Rental and Cleaning reporting segment as this is how they are tracked and reviewed by the Company.  The majority of expenses accounted for within the Corporate segment relate to costs of the US and Canadian Rental and Cleaning segment, with the remainder of the costs relating to the Specialty Garment and First Aid segments.

The Specialty Garments operating segment purchases, rents, cleans, delivers and sells, specialty garments and non-garment items primarily for nuclear and cleanroom applications. The First Aid operating segment sells first aid cabinet services and other safety supplies.

The Company refers to the US and Canadian Rental and Cleaning, MFG, and Corporate reporting segments combined as its "core laundry operations," which is included as a subtotal in the following tables (in thousands):

	US and
	Canadian											Subtotal
As of and for the year ended	Rental and					Net Interco						Core Laundry			Specialty
August 25, 2012	Cleaning			MFG		MFG Elim			Corporate			Operations			Garments		First Aid		Total
Revenues	$	1,099,421		$	160,421	$	(160,421	)	$	12,902		$	1,112,323		$	102,758	$	41,208	$	1,256,289
Income (loss) from operations	$	164,793		$	50,036	$	(5,168	)	$	(76,376	)	$	133,285		$	13,460	$	4,363	$	151,108
Interest (income) expense, net	$	(2,535	)	$	-	$	-		$	1,929		$	(606	)	$	-	$	-	$	(606	)
Income (loss) before taxes	$	167,284		$	50,101	$	(5,168	)	$	(78,345	)	$	133,872		$	12,499	$	4,363	$	150,734
Depreciation and amortization	$	43,501		$	1,133	$	-		$	15,599		$	60,233		$	4,788	$	1,418	$	66,439
Capital expenditures	$	66,526		$	1,306	$	-		$	-		$	67,832		$	6,044	$	673	$	74,549
Total assets	$	1,108,362		$	28,099	$	-		$	-		$	1,136,461		$	83,137	$	20,936	$	1,240,534

	US and
	Canadian											Subtotal
As of and for the year ended	Rental and					Net Interco						Core Laundry		Specialty
August 27, 2011	Cleaning			MFG		MFG Elim			Corporate			Operations		Garments		First Aid		Total
Revenues	$	986,028		$	160,042	$	(160,042	)	$	10,929		$	996,957	$	103,322	$	33,847	$	1,134,126
Income (loss) from operations	$	144,431		$	48,839	$	(8,807	)	$	(78,738	)	$	105,725	$	15,292	$	2,956	$	123,973
Interest (income) expense, net	$	(2,307	)	$	-	$	-		$	6,493		$	4,186	$	-	$	-	$	4,186
Income (loss) before taxes	$	146,745		$	48,748	$	(8,807	)	$	(85,146	)	$	101,540	$	16,076	$	2,956	$	120,572
Depreciation and amortization	$	41,322		$	1,194	$	-		$	16,252		$	58,768	$	4,500	$	1,465	$	64,733
Capital expenditures	$	55,799		$	2,653	$	-		$	-		$	58,452	$	5,028	$	367	$	63,847
Total assets	$	1,015,977		$	28,879	$	-		$	-		$	1,044,856	$	76,351	$	20,313	$	1,141,520

	US and
	Canadian											Subtotal
As of and for the year ended	Rental and					Net Interco						Core Laundry		Specialty
August 28, 2010	Cleaning			MFG		MFG Elim			Corporate			Operations		Garments		First Aid		Total
Revenues	$	899,791		$	99,256	$	(99,256	)	$	8,074		$	907,865	$	88,001	$	30,073	$	1,025,939
Income (loss) from operations	$	149,464		$	35,970	$	(5,982	)	$	(65,106	)	$	114,346	$	13,891	$	2,035	$	130,272
Interest (income) expense, net	$	(1,860	)	$	-	$	-		$	8,534		$	6,674	$	-	$	-	$	6,674
Income (loss) before taxes	$	151,337		$	35,922	$	(5,982	)	$	(73,623	)	$	107,654	$	13,162	$	2,036	$	122,852
Depreciation and amortization	$	39,754		$	1,360	$	-		$	14,547		$	55,661	$	4,314	$	1,502	$	61,477
Capital expenditures	$	43,652		$	3,288	$	-		$	-		$	46,940	$	2,981	$	94	$	50,015
Total assets	$	978,738		$	22,777	$	-		$	-		$	1,001,515	$	70,222	$	20,558	$	1,092,295

The Company's long-lived assets as of August 25, 2012 and August 27, 2011 and revenues and income before income taxes for the years ended August 25, 2012, August 27, 2011 and August 28, 2010 were attributed to the following countries (in thousands):

Long-lived assets as of:	August 25, 2012		August 27, 2011
United States	$	706,379	$	697,784
Europe, Canada, and Mexico (1)		46,475		48,546
Total	$	752,854	$	746,330

Revenues for the year ended:	August 25, 2012		August 27, 2011		August 28, 2010
United States	$	1,144,753	$	1,029,003	$	932,477
Europe and Canada (1)		111,536		105,123		93,462
Total	$	1,256,289	$	1,134,126	$	1,025,939

Income before income taxes for the year ended:	August 25, 2012		August 27, 2011		August 28, 2010
United States	$	134,651	$	105,257	$	107,344
Europe, Canada, and Mexico		16,083		15,315		15,508
Total	$	150,734	$	120,572	$	122,852

(1) No country accounts for greater than 10% of total long-lived assets or revenues.