Our lease costs consisted of the following (in thousands):


		For the Year Ended September 30,
	Statement of Earnings Classification	2024		2023
Operating lease costs	Cost of goods sold and selling, general and administrative expenses (a)	$	179,121	$	180,624
Finance lease costs:
Amortization of leased assets	Selling, general and administrative expenses		291		292
Interest on lease liabilities	Interest expense		12		12
Variable lease costs (b)	Selling, general and administrative expenses		70,146		59,996
Total lease costs		$	249,570	$	240,924

(a)

Certain supply chain-related amounts are included in cost of goods sold.

(b)

Includes common area maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance related to leases

Other lease information is as follows (dollars in thousands):


	For the Year Ended September 30,
	2024			2023
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows – operating leases	$	178,950		$	182,405
Operating cash flows – finance leases		12			12
Financing cash flows – finance leases		176			176

Supplemental non-cash information on lease liabilities:
Lease assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$	159,331		$	184,039

	September 30,
	2024			2023
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years):
Operating leases		5.0			5.2
Finance leases		0.7			1.7
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating leases		5.5	%		5.3	%
Finance leases		0.3	%		0.3	%