Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 28, 2015
Sep. 27, 2014
Mar. 29, 2014
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents $ 11,943us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 78,676us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 16,748us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Restricted cash 12,583us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 14,283us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 0us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Short term investments 0us-gaap_ShortTermInvestments 9,990us-gaap_ShortTermInvestments 14,220us-gaap_ShortTermInvestments
Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $20,813, $24,771 and $25,212) 321,765us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent 193,729us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent 323,183us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Inventories 382,328us-gaap_InventoryNet 326,386us-gaap_InventoryNet 402,720us-gaap_InventoryNet
Prepaid expenses and other 58,251us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent 48,488us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent 55,882us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
Total current assets 786,870us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 671,552us-gaap_AssetsCurrent 812,753us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Land, buildings, improvements and equipment-net 163,207us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 166,849us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 185,354us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Goodwill 209,089us-gaap_Goodwill 208,233us-gaap_Goodwill 205,756us-gaap_Goodwill
Other intangible assets-net 85,185us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill 87,997us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill 77,895us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Deferred income taxes and other assets 28,657us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxesAndOtherAssetsNoncurrent 14,096us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxesAndOtherAssetsNoncurrent 12,589us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxesAndOtherAssetsNoncurrent
Total 1,273,008us-gaap_Assets 1,148,727us-gaap_Assets 1,294,347us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities:      
Accounts payable 139,821us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent 88,428us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent 142,152us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Accrued expenses 83,442us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 84,379us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 80,886us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Current portion of long-term debt 289us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent 291us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent 303us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Total current liabilities 223,552us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 173,098us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent 223,341us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Long-term debt 514,924us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 449,948us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 545,032us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
Other long-term obligations 44,549us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 39,228us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent 40,470us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Equity:      
Additional paid-in capital 387,074us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock 396,586us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock 396,490us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock
Accumulated earnings 101,556us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 86,396us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 85,779us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
Accumulated other comprehensive income 64us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax 1,232us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax 1,529us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Total Central Garden & Pet Company shareholders' equity 489,186us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 484,723us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 484,301us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Noncontrolling interest 797us-gaap_MinorityInterest 1,730us-gaap_MinorityInterest 1,203us-gaap_MinorityInterest
Total equity 489,983us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 486,453us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 485,504us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Total 1,273,008us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity 1,148,727us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity 1,294,347us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
Common Stock [Member]      
Equity:      
Common stock 119us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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124us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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123us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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Class A Common Stock [Member]      
Equity:      
Common stock 357us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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369us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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364us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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Class B Stock [Member]      
Equity:      
Common stock $ 16us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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$ 16us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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$ 16us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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