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. 27, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment, Net

8. Property and Equipment, Net

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


	September 27, 2014			September 28, 2013
Land	$	8,678		$	9,504
Buildings and improvements		109,618			112,882
Transportation equipment		5,388			5,646
Machine and warehouse equipment		163,783			179,723
Capitalized software		107,271			104,034
Office furniture and equipment		25,091			25,248

		419,829			437,037
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(252,980	)		(248,124	)

	$	166,849		$	188,913

Depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of intangible assets, charged to operations was $35.8 million, $33.0 million, and $30.4 million for fiscal 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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