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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Aug. 25, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]  
Annual minimum lease commitments
Annual minimum lease commitments for the five years subsequent to August 25, 2012 and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

2013
 $6,401 
2014
  4,559 
2015
  4,047 
2016
  3,238 
2017
  1,954 
Thereafter
  2,247 
   $22,446 
Changes to environmental liabilities
The changes to the Company's environmental liabilities for the years ended August 25, 2012 and August 27, 2011 are as follows (in thousands):
 
Year ended
 
August 25,
2012
  
August 27,
2011
 
Beginning balance
 $18,368  $18,986 
Costs incurred for which reserves have been provided
  (1,277 )  (2,485 )
Insurance proceeds received
  209   203 
Interest accretion
  631   681 
Changes in discount rates
  1,346   284 
Revisions in estimates
  743   699 
          
Ending balance
 $20,020  $18,368 
Anticipated payments and insurance proceeds of identified environmental remediation liabilities
Anticipated payments and insurance proceeds of currently identified environmental remediation liabilities as of August 25, 2012, for the next five fiscal years and thereafter, as measured in current dollars, are reflected below.

(In thousands)
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Thereafter
Total
Estimated costs - current dollars
   
$
5,259
 
$
2,470
 
$
1,437
 
$
950
 
$
752
 
$
11,860
 
$
22,728
   
                                                 
Estimated insurance proceeds
     
(159
)
 
(173
)
 
(159
)
 
(173
)
 
(159
)
 
(1,743
)
 
(2,566
)
 
                                                 
Net anticipated costs
   
$
5,100
 
$
2,297
 
$
1,278
 
$
777
 
$
593
 
$
10,117
 
$
20,162
   
                                                 
Effect of inflation
                                         
6,703
   
Effect of discounting
                                         
(6,845
)
 
                                                 
Balance as of August 25, 2012
                                       
$
20,020