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Inventories
4 Months Ended
Apr. 20, 2024
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
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The Company used the last in, first out (“LIFO”) method of accounting for approximately 91.3% of inventories as of April 20, 2024 and 91.4% as of December 30, 2023. As a result, the Company recorded a reduction to cost of sales of $7.1 million for the sixteen weeks ended April 20, 2024 and $6.6 million for the sixteen weeks ended April 22, 2023 to state inventories at LIFO.

Purchasing and warehousing costs included in inventories as of April 20, 2024 and December 30, 2023 were $578.6 million and $576.9 million.

Inventory balances were as follows:
April 20, 2024December 30, 2023
Inventories at first in, first out (“FIFO”)$5,005,232 $5,041,752 
Adjustments to state inventories at LIFO(176,918)(184,050)
Inventories at LIFO$4,828,314 $4,857,702