PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

9 Months Ended

Sep. 26, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and equipment are stated at cost and consist of the following (in thousands):



	September 26, 2014			December 27, 2013
Buildings and land	$	28,377		$	27,008
Computers and software	111,114			101,852
Furniture and equipment	11,373			10,444
Construction in progress	7,821			2,869
	158,685			142,173
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	(96,575		)	(87,700		)
	$	62,110		$	54,473

Capitalized software costs, net of accumulated amortization, were $29.5 million and $30.6 million as of September 26, 2014 and December 27, 2013, respectively, excluding amounts in Construction in progress. Construction in progress consists primarily of purchased and internally developed software.

Depreciation expense of property and equipment totaled $5.1 million and $3.6 million for the thirteen weeks ended September 26, 2014 and September 27, 2013, respectively. Depreciation expense of property and equipment totaled $12.5 million and $11.7 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended September 26, 2014 and September 27, 2013, respectively.

- Definition

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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