Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Net sales	$ 1,494,945	$ 1,502,366
Cost of sales	1,398,017	1,393,341
Gross profit	96,928	109,025
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative	59,868	59,141
Research and development	5,395	4,133
Amortization of intangible assets	474	956
Restructuring and integration costs	3,947	4,054
Asset impairments	0	1,053
Gain on sale of long-lived asset	(4,218)	0
Total operating expenses	65,466	69,337
Operating income	31,462	39,688
Interest income	198	284
Interest expense	(13,084)	(21,863)
Other expense, net	(14,922)	(1,518)
Interest and other, net	(27,808)	(23,097)
Income before income taxes	3,654	16,591
Provision for income taxes	3,033	8,016
Net income	$ 621	$ 8,575
Net income per share:
Basic	$ 0.01	$ 0.11
Diluted	$ 0.01	$ 0.10
Weighted average shares used in computing per share amounts:
Basic	81,920	80,833
Diluted	84,011	82,668