Property and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Sep. 26, 2020

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment, Net

Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment consists of the following: 

	September 26, 2020		September 28, 2019
	(in thousands)
Land	$	17,370	$	17,396
Buildings and improvements	180,260		179,398
Transportation equipment	10,522		9,651
Machine and warehouse equipment	270,857		255,943
Capitalized software	117,073		116,353
Office furniture and equipment	30,520		30,016
Assets under construction	22,421		15,574
	649,023		624,331
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(404,356)		(378,926)
	$	244,667	$	245,405

Depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of intangible assets, charged to operations was $55.4 million, $50.8 million and $47.2 million for fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.