Long-Lived Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, by Type [Abstract]

Note 3. Long-Lived Assets

Property and equipment

Property and equipment at year end consists of the following:



	Depreciable life in years	2012			2011
Land	—	$	31,831		31,350
Buildings and improvements	15 to 40	200,439			172,372
Automated storage and retrieval equipment	5 to 30	69,404			61,371
Equipment and shelving	3 to 10	398,240			339,471
Transportation equipment	3 to 5	52,093			49,074
Construction in progress	—	88,071			71,466
		840,078			725,104
Less accumulated depreciation		(323,651		)	(289,503	)
Net property and equipment		$	516,427		435,601

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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