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Note 20 - Operating Leases
12 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2012
Operating Leases of Lessee Disclosure [Table Text Block]
20.  OPERATING LEASES

We lease truck equipment in South Carolina.  In addition, we lease a 15,000 square foot distribution facility in Utah for $6,750 a month.  The Utah facility lease is cancellable by either party with 60 days’ notice.  Both leases require us to pay certain insurance and maintenance costs.

Rental expense for all operating leases was $414,000 in 2012, $138,000 in 2011, and $108,000 in 2010.

In connection with our acquisition of M.C. Healthcare on December 9, 2011, we signed a five-year commitment to lease MCHP’s 50,000 square foot manufacturing and showroom facility in Beamsville, Ontario at $265,000 per year.  The lease includes a one-time option, exercisable in the last year of the initial lease term, to buy the property or renew the lease for an additional five years.