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Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Mar. 03, 2012

6. Property, Plant and Equipment

Following is a summary of property, plant and equipment, including capital lease assets, at March 3, 2012 and February 26, 2011:

	2012			2011

Land	$	249,906		$	261,909
Buildings		746,568			743,525
Leasehold improvements		1,618,042			1,577,873
Equipment		2,020,366			1,989,415
Construction in progress		57,983			67,947

		4,692,865			4,640,669
Accumulated depreciation		(2,790,844	)		(2,601,286	)

Property, plant and equipment, net	$	1,902,021		$	2,039,383

Depreciation expense, which included the depreciation of assets recorded under capital leases, was $296,792, $331,928 and $349,282 in fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Included in property, plant and equipment was the carrying amount of assets to be disposed of totaling $2,774 and $4,608 at March 3, 2012 and February 26, 2011, respectively.

- 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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