Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Jul. 02, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012	Jul. 02, 2011
Net sales	$ 1,549,302	$ 1,674,200	$ 4,514,750	$ 4,905,709
Cost of sales	1,444,050	1,542,599	4,194,125	4,529,230
Gross profit	105,252	131,601	320,625	376,479
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative	60,965	67,043	183,046	187,726
Research and development	5,587	5,797	15,643	14,877
Amortization of intangible assets	672	958	2,395	2,875
Restructuring and integration costs	3,932	6,336	13,472	15,885
Asset impairments	0	0	2,077	85
Gains on sales of long-lived assets, net	(1,298)	(1,440)	(1,298)	(3,465)
Total operating expenses	69,858	78,694	215,335	217,983
Operating income	35,394	52,907	105,290	158,496
Interest income	369	356	1,095	1,490
Interest expense	(16,131)	(24,843)	(58,361)	(77,773)
Other expense, net	(6,835)	(14,767)	(13,194)	(11,489)
Interest and other, net	(22,597)	(39,254)	(70,460)	(87,772)
Income before income taxes	12,797	13,653	34,830	70,724
Provision for income taxes	3,849	4,248	18,746	19,895
Net income	$ 8,948	$ 9,405	$ 16,084	$ 50,829
Net income per share:
Basic	$ 0.11	$ 0.12	$ 0.20	$ 0.63
Diluted	$ 0.11	$ 0.11	$ 0.19	$ 0.61
Weighted average shares used in computing per share amounts:
Basic	81,519	80,579	81,213	80,223
Diluted	83,566	83,141	83,469	83,275