Amendment No. 3 to Form S-1 Tabk of Contents UNITED SUPERMARKETS, L.L.C. Notes to Financial Statements (Dollars in thousands) Property and equipment: Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided on a straight-line basis. Fixtures and equipment and transportation equipment are depreciated over lives ranging from 3 to 20 years. Capitalized leases (buildings and equipment) are amortized over the lives of the respective leases. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lives of the respective leases or the service lives of the improvements, whichever is shorter. Buildings are depreciated over 20 or 30 years. Maintenance, repairs and minor replacements are charged to expense as incurred; major replacements and betterments that extend asset lives are capitalized. The cost of assets sold, retired, or otherwise disposed of is removed from the accounts at the time of disposition, and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in income for the period. Total depreciation and amortization for the eleven-month period ended December 28, 2013 and for the year ended January 26, 2013. was approximately $26,365 and $27,480, including approximately $3,418 and $3,886, respectively, of depreciation allocated to cost of sales. Depreciation and amortization expense includes a portion related to capital leases, which was approximately $1,436 and $1,706 for the eleven-month period ended December 28, 2013 and for the year ended January 26, 2013, respectively. Property and equipment at December 28, 2013 and January 26, 2013 consisted of the following: December 28, 2013 January 26, 2013 Fixtures and equipment $ 293,507 $ 273.829 Capitalized leases 37,819 37,858 Leasehold improvements 70,420 63,128 Land and buildings 69,109 64,259 Transportation equipment 16,076 13,927 Construction-in-progress 16,966 4,170 Total property and equipment 503,897 457,171 Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (294,249) (272,439) Total pr