Central Garden & Pet Company Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Property and Equipment, Net

Property and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2012

Property and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Property and Equipment, Net

7. Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):


	As of
	September 29, 2012			September 24, 2011
Land	$	9,504		$	9,254
Buildings and improvements		108,122			100,439
Transportation equipment		6,125			6,550
Machine and warehouse equipment		174,411			168,475
Capitalized software		99,090			82,936
Office furniture and equipment		26,076			26,031

		423,328			393,685
Accumulated Depreciation		(232,165	)		(217,283	)

	$	191,163		$	176,402

Depreciation and amortization expense charged to operations was $30.4 million, $28.6 million and $28.9 million for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, 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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