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Casey's General Stores, Inc
(NASDAQ:CASY) 

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Casey's General Stores, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates convenience stores under the Casey's and Casey's General Store names. The company's stores offer a selection of food, including freshly prepared foods, such as pizza, donuts, and sandwiches; beverages, tobacco, and nicotine produ...

Founded: 1959
Full Time Employees: 17,282
CEO: Darren Rebelez  
Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Grocery Stores

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      total revenue
    4,571,779,000 3,916,132,000 4,506,084,000 4,567,106,000 3,992,758,000 3,903,633,000 3,946,771,000 4,097,737,000 3,329,247,000 4,064,400,000 3,869,251,000 3,328,701,000 3,332,555,000 3,978,575,000 4,454,644,000 3,458,942,000 3,048,717,000 3,262,942,000 3,181,994,000 2,378,235,000 2,008,028,000 2,215,905,000 2,105,021,000 1,812,883,000 2,248,198,000 2,487,586,000 2,626,629,000 2,178,397,000 2,048,076,000 2,538,005,000 2,588,432,000 2,089,037,000 2,054,603,000 2,153,745,000 2,093,739,000 1,846,460,000 1,769,993,000 1,920,055,000 1,970,079,000 1,582,954,000 1,565,940,000 1,924,600,000 2,048,592,000 1,653,858,000 1,671,961,000 2,150,211,000 2,291,186,000 1,919,566,000 1,790,055,000 2,015,885,000 2,114,749,000 1,808,529,000 1,662,365,000 1,911,644,000 1,868,302,000 1,752,504,000 1,578,950,000 1,782,518,000 1,873,832,000 1,549,495,000 1,374,199,000 1,349,519,000 1,362,027,000 1,179,806,000 1,114,377,000 1,154,964,000 1,187,940,000 883,015,000 848,832,000 1,389,232,000 1,565,724,000                    
      yoy
    14.50% 0.32% 14.17% 11.45% 19.93% -3.96% 2.00% 23.10% -0.10% 2.16% -13.14% -3.77% 9.31% 21.93% 40.00% 45.44% 51.83% 47.25% 51.16% 31.19% -10.68% -10.92% -19.86% -16.78% 9.77% -1.99% 1.48% 4.28% -0.32% 17.84% 23.63% 13.14% 16.08% 12.17% 6.28% 16.65% 13.03% -0.24% -3.83% -4.29% -6.34% -10.49% -10.59% -13.84% -6.60% 6.66% 8.34% 6.14% 7.68% 5.45% 13.19% 3.20% 5.28% 7.24% -0.30% 13.10% 14.90% 32.09% 37.58% 31.33% 23.32% 16.85% 14.65% 33.61% 31.28% -16.86% -24.13%                        
      qoq
    16.74% -13.09% -1.34% 14.38% 2.28% -1.09% -3.68% 23.08% -18.09% 5.04% 16.24% -0.12% -16.24% -10.69% 28.79% 13.46% -6.57% 2.54% 33.80% 18.44% -9.38% 5.27% 16.11% -19.36% -9.62% -5.29% 20.58% 6.36% -19.30% -1.95% 23.91% 1.68% -4.60% 2.87% 13.39% 4.32% -7.82% -2.54% 24.46% 1.09% -18.64% -6.05% 23.87% -1.08% -22.24% -6.15% 19.36% 7.24% -11.20% -4.67% 16.93% 8.79% -13.04% 2.32% 6.61% 10.99% -11.42% -4.87% 20.93% 12.76% 1.83% -0.92% 15.44% 5.87% -3.51% -2.78% 34.53% 4.03% -38.90% -11.27%                     
      cost of goods sold
    3,491,422,000 2,909,580,000 3,384,398,000 3,454,660,000 3,066,738,000 2,991,065,000 2,988,212,000 3,142,481,000 2,542,724,000 3,178,839,000 2,991,497,000 2,640,949,000 2,595,093,000 3,167,633,000 3,618,394,000 2,802,200,000 2,384,222,000 2,545,352,000 2,458,107,000 1,817,244,000 1,467,847,000 1,584,145,000 1,481,518,000 1,287,813,000 1,751,335,000 1,930,521,000 2,060,943,000 1,726,027,000 1,577,811,000 2,027,684,000 2,066,664,000 1,683,922,000 1,634,679,000 1,686,088,000 1,617,042,000 1,448,241,000 1,380,364,000 1,476,537,000 1,520,284,000 1,194,734,000 1,194,771,000 1,481,610,000 1,637,350,000 1,307,315,000 1,320,915,000 1,778,929,000 1,917,010,000 1,632,991,000 1,510,182,000 1,693,584,000 1,769,239,000 1,542,137,000 1,412,679,000 1,632,331,000 1,581,328,000 1,507,264,000 1,350,200,000 1,519,600,000 1,607,050,000 1,332,307,000 1,171,668,000 1,122,142,000 1,128,056,000 990,543,000 937,777,000 948,600,000 967,815,000 710,859,000 687,714,000 1,198,285,000 1,366,701,000 1,045,781,000 994,091,000 1,010,213,000 1,090,993,000 839,041,000 783,022,000 864,345,000 954,703,000 758,296,000 685,175,000 823,307,000 588,068,000 553,196,000 600,664,000 610,652,000 504,713,000 449,292,000 493,634,000 495,540,000 
      operating expenses
    730,023,000 697,640,000 711,587,000 698,176,000 663,003,000 670,200,000 609,679,000 609,474,000 568,908,000 579,703,000 560,855,000 521,729,000 515,735,000 539,207,000 543,271,000 490,904,000 490,997,000 500,644,000 478,928,000 426,307,000 414,448,000 410,348,000 386,088,000 367,489,000 377,330,000 373,383,000 379,841,000 346,165,000 341,536,000 344,186,000 359,392,000 315,809,000 323,041,000 322,949,000 321,247,000 292,590,000 292,321,000 295,289,000 292,128,000 262,620,000 259,625,000 267,978,000 263,582,000 232,543,000 238,782,000 244,781,000 244,318,000 210,123,000 214,671,000 216,529,000 215,974,000 191,054,000 189,872,000 190,040,000 189,399,000 175,952,000 169,231,000 171,832,000 171,416,000 150,473,000 151,506,000 153,263,000 152,386,000 135,037,000 127,883,000 131,013,000 132,358,000 125,325,000 118,886,000 127,255,000 132,579,000 116,910,000 120,526,000 115,405,000 121,714,000 105,134,000 103,651,000 100,863,000 100,811,000 89,043,000 91,420,000 93,240,000 71,588,000 89,664,000 84,105,000 83,317,000 80,530,000 75,898,000 77,564,000 77,150,000 
      depreciation and amortization
    115,495,000 114,084,000 111,416,000 108,963,000 107,443,000 105,203,000 96,592,000 94,409,000 88,950,000 85,598,000 82,905,000 80,631,000 78,088,000 78,117,000 76,295,000 77,866,000 75,529,000 74,258,000 75,888,000 69,896,000 65,185,000 64,294,000 65,820,000 65,193,000 63,285,000 62,888,000 59,808,000 62,867,000 61,324,000 61,356,000 58,840,000 57,402,000 57,042,000 54,157,000 52,369,000 51,947,000 51,152,000 48,675,000 45,855,000 45,909,000 43,822,000 41,807,000 39,399,000 42,156,000 40,431,000 37,275,000 36,249,000 35,556,000 32,687,000 32,416,000 30,501,000 29,910,000 28,229,000 27,148,000 26,536,000 25,609,000 24,616,000 23,432,000 22,895,000 21,982,000 20,769,000 20,041,000 19,563,000 18,700,000 18,368,000 18,527,000 17,951,000 17,369,000 17,148,000 17,406,000 17,462,000 16,962,000 17,018,000 17,431,000 16,196,000 16,629,000 16,204,000 15,538,000 15,525,000 14,669,000 14,136,000 14,629,000 13,288,000 13,269,000 12,897,000 12,669,000 12,564,000 12,460,000 12,317,000 12,165,000 
      interest
    21,713,000 23,381,000 24,690,000 26,850,000 27,916,000 29,415,000 12,553,000 14,067,000 14,146,000 12,306,000 12,495,000 12,800,000 11,697,000 13,502,000 13,816,000 15,291,000 14,431,000 13,520,000 13,730,000 11,169,000 11,469,000 10,634,000 13,407,000 13,806,000 13,209,000 12,683,000 13,721,000 13,749,000 13,310,000 14,191,000 14,406,000 13,119,000 13,470,000 12,976,000 11,375,000 10,362,000 10,559,000 10,075,000 10,540,000 9,948,000 10,132,000 10,009,000 10,084,000 10,168,000 10,191,000 10,360,000 10,257,000 10,119,000 9,947,000 9,748,000 9,456,000 8,743,000 8,764,000 8,637,000 8,904,000 8,751,000 8,730,000 8,777,000 8,934,000 8,867,000 8,908,000 8,195,000 2,527,000 2,774,000 2,748,000 2,707,000 2,704,000 2,892,000 2,757,000 2,414,000 2,563,000 2,780,000 2,317,000 2,350,000 2,345,000 3,224,000 2,878,000 2,687,000 2,395,000 2,568,000 2,087,000 1,999,000 2,556,000 2,812,000 2,572,000 2,799,000 3,108,000 2,989,000 3,056,000 3,245,000 
      income before income taxes
    213,126,000 171,447,000 273,993,000 278,457,000 127,658,000 107,750,000 239,735,000 237,306,000 114,519,000 207,954,000 221,499,000 72,592,000 131,942,000 180,116,000 202,868,000 72,681,000 83,538,000 129,168,000 155,341,000 53,619,000 49,079,000 146,484,000 158,188,000 78,582,000 43,039,000 108,111,000 112,316,000 29,589,000 54,095,000 90,588,000 89,130,000 18,785,000 26,371,000 77,575,000 91,706,000 43,320,000 35,597,000 89,479,000 101,272,000 69,743,000 57,590,000 123,196,000 98,177,000 61,676,000 61,642,000 78,866,000 83,352,000 30,777,000 22,568,000 63,608,000 89,579,000 36,685,000 22,821,000 53,488,000 62,135,000                            11,423,250 3,852,000 17,091,000 24,750,000 1,601,000 4,706,000 24,836,000 21,774,000 
      federal and state income taxes
    50,442,000 41,374,000 67,657,000 63,102,000 29,351,000 20,653,000 58,817,000 57,108,000 27,586,000 49,172,000 52,262,000 16,500,000 31,830,000 42,561,000 49,936,000 12,905,000 19,514,000 32,337,000 36,182,000 11,921,000 10,452,000 34,501,000 37,596,000 16,491,000 9,080,000 26,130,000 26,501,000 4,377,000 12,260,000 23,973,000 18,906,000 -477,000 -166,594,000 28,657,000 34,948,000 13,242,000 12,762,000 32,299,000 33,880,000 22,699,000 19,491,000 44,163,000 36,371,000 20,333,000 22,323,000 28,997,000 31,062,000 7,961,000 7,899,000 22,289,000 33,869,000 13,413,000 7,358,000 20,629,000 23,104,000 11,859,000 9,474,000 21,245,000 24,146,000 13,096,000 8,473,000 12,836,000 22,209,000 10,817,000 10,359,000 20,525,000 22,919,000 10,997,000 8,292,000 16,520,000 17,624,000 7,406,000 7,255,000 16,247,000 18,143,000 8,511,000 6,000,000 9,545,000 10,148,000 7,395,000 3,121,000 12,292,000 6,933,000 1,386,000 6,085,000  3,969,500 -1,135,000 9,066,000 7,947,000 
      net income
    162,684,000 130,073,000 206,336,000 215,355,000 98,307,000 87,097,000 180,918,000 180,198,000 86,933,000 158,782,000 169,237,000 56,092,000 100,112,000 137,555,000 152,932,000 59,776,000 64,024,000 96,831,000 119,159,000 41,698,000 38,627,000 111,983,000 120,592,000 62,091,000 33,959,000 81,981,000 85,815,000 25,212,000 41,835,000 66,615,000 70,224,000 19,262,000 192,965,000 48,918,000 56,758,000 30,078,000 22,835,000 57,180,000 67,392,000 47,044,000 38,099,000 79,033,000 61,806,000 41,343,000 39,319,000 49,869,000 52,290,000 22,816,000 14,669,000 41,319,000 55,710,000 23,272,000 15,463,000 32,859,000 39,031,000                            7,352,750 2,466,000 11,006,000 15,939,000 1,028,000 5,841,000 15,770,000 13,827,000 
      yoy
    65.49% 49.34% 14.05% 19.51% 13.08% -45.15% 6.90% 221.25% -13.16% 15.43% 10.66% -6.16% 56.37% 42.06% 28.34% 43.35% 65.75% -13.53% -1.19% -32.84% 13.75% 36.60% 40.53% 146.28% -18.83% 23.07% 22.20% 30.89% -78.32% 36.18% 23.73% -35.96% 745.04% -14.45% -15.78% -36.06% -40.06% -27.65% 9.04% 13.79% -3.10% 58.48% 18.20% 81.20% 168.04% 20.69% -6.14% -1.96% -5.13% 25.75% 42.73%                                615.25% -57.78% -30.21% 15.27%     
      qoq
    25.07% -36.96% -4.19% 119.06% 12.87% -51.86% 0.40% 107.28% -45.25% -6.18% 201.71% -43.97% -27.22% -10.05% 155.84% -6.64% -33.88% -18.74% 185.77% 7.95% -65.51% -7.14% 94.22% 82.84% -58.58% -4.47% 240.37% -39.73% -37.20% -5.14% 264.57% -90.02% 294.47% -13.81% 88.70% 31.72% -60.06% -15.15% 43.25% 23.48% -51.79% 27.87% 49.50% 5.15% -21.16% -4.63% 129.18% 55.54% -64.50% -25.83% 139.39% 50.50% -52.94% -15.81%                             198.17% -77.59% -30.95% 1450.49% -82.40% -62.96% 14.05%  
      net income margin %
    3.56% 3.32% 4.58% 4.72% 2.46% 2.23% 4.58% 4.40% 2.61% 3.91% 4.37% 1.69% 3.00% 3.46% 3.43% 1.73% 2.10% 2.97% 3.74% 1.75% 1.92% 5.05% 5.73% 3.42% 1.51% 3.30% 3.27% 1.16% 2.04% 2.62% 2.71% 0.92% 9.39% 2.27% 2.71% 1.63% 1.29% 2.98% 3.42% 2.97% 2.43% 4.11% 3.02% 2.50% 2.35% 2.32% 2.28% 1.19% 0.82% 2.05% 2.63% 1.29% 0.93% 1.72% 2.09% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 
      net income per common share
                                                                                              
      basic
    4,410 3,510 5,560 5,800 2,640 2,350 4,870 4,860 2,340 4,270 4,540 1,510 2,690 3,690 4,110 1,600 1,720 2,610 3,210 1,110 1,040 3,020 3,260 1,670 920 2,220 2,330 680 1,140 1,820 1,920 540 5,130 1,290 1,480 780 580 1,460 1,720 1,200 980 2,030 1,590 1,060 1,010 1,290 1,350 590 380 1,070 1,450 610 400 860 1,020                                    
      diluted
    4,370 3,490 5,530 5,770 2,630 2,330 4,850 4,830 2,330 4,240 4,520 1,490 2,670 3,670 4,090 1,600 1,710 2,590 3,190 1,100 1,040 3,000 3,240 1,670 910 2,210 2,310 680 1,130 1,800 1,900 540 5,080 1,280 1,460 760 580 1,440 1,700 1,190 970 2,000 1,570 1,050 1,010 1,280 1,340 590 380 1,060 1,430 600 400 850 1,010                                    
      basic weighted-average shares outstanding
     37,034,207,000 37,132,365,000 37,148,383,000  37,125,570,000 37,124,541,000 37,087,231,000 37,100,143,000 37,227,932,000 37,300,952,000  37,281,103,000 37,277,080,000 37,222,943,000  37,169,213,000 37,162,984,000 37,126,060,000  37,042,544,000 37,030,921,000 36,971,376,000  36,920,960,000 36,916,937,000 36,864,070,000  36,717,415,000 36,698,528,000 36,669,021,000  37,579,497,000 37,804,649,000 38,360,104,000  39,194,671,000 39,189,804,000 39,156,462,000  39,033,987,000 39,002,546,000 38,964,765,000  38,795,477,000 38,706,611,000 38,616,340,000  38,482,970,000 38,455,216,000 38,393,076,000  38,317,140,000 38,304,840,000 38,224,608,000  38,071,742,000 38,055,909,000 38,024,376,000  37,938,394,000 42,283,525,000 50,946,829,000  50,914,462,000 50,899,179,000 50,863,579,000  50,809,645,000 50,784,545,000 50,753,995,000  50,700,095,000 50,671,795,000 50,628,712,000  50,486,845,000 50,429,362,000 50,392,662,000  50,339,329,000 50,298,912,000         
      plus dilutive effect of share-based compensation
    51,316,000 206,830,000 152,768,000 203,697,000                                                                                       
      diluted weighted-average shares outstanding
     37,241,037,000 37,285,133,000 37,352,080,000  37,362,056,000 37,311,479,000 37,277,694,000 37,336,083,000 37,431,075,000 37,456,139,000  37,564,551,000 37,523,759,000 37,409,705,000  37,366,583,000 37,368,653,000 37,335,437,000  37,283,591,000 37,276,883,000 37,242,173,000  37,142,877,000 37,136,185,000 37,085,922,000  37,013,826,000 37,017,471,000 36,980,408,000  37,952,140,000 38,183,599,000 38,840,288,000  39,658,116,000 39,662,539,000 39,631,139,000  39,437,408,000 39,426,293,000 39,385,492,000  39,118,151,000 39,058,667,000 39,006,461,000  38,927,031,000 38,887,913,000 38,827,885,000  38,622,088,000 38,658,530,000 38,570,298,000  38,455,136,000 38,398,843,000 38,332,214,000  38,243,450,000 42,571,203,000 51,229,116,000  51,099,486,000 51,054,286,000 50,996,302,000  50,957,853,000 50,963,211,000 50,868,897,000  50,921,448,000 50,894,149,000 50,845,855,000  50,721,065,000 50,682,440,000 50,660,147,000  50,546,492,000 50,493,881,000         
      plus effect of stock compensation
        53,368,500 236,486,000 186,938,000 190,463,000 235,940,000 203,143,000 155,187,000 60,114,750 283,448,000 246,679,000 186,762,000 49,342,500 197,370,000 205,669,000 209,377,000 60,240,500 241,047,000 245,962,000 270,797,000 55,296,750 221,917,000 219,248,000 221,852,000 72,945,750 296,411,000 318,943,000 311,387,000 92,460,500 372,643,000 378,950,000 480,184,000 116,595,000 463,445,000 472,735,000 474,677,000 99,387,750 403,421,000 423,747,000 420,727,000 77,281,250 322,674,000 352,056,000 390,121,000 104,506,250 444,061,000 432,697,000 434,809,000 82,983,500 304,948,000 353,690,000 345,690,000 85,706,500 383,394,000                                  
      dividends declared per share
            0.43 0.43 0.43 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.165 0.22       0.135 0.18   0.124 0.165 0.165                                     
      (a) includes excise taxes of:
                      338,299 196,237.5 249,678 275,733 259,539 208,437.5 270,023 289,109 274,617 187,847.25 238,306 255,114 257,969 177,262.5 231,422 239,070                                                         
      gross profit
    1,080,357,000 1,006,552,000 1,121,686,000 1,112,446,000 926,020,000 912,568,000 958,559,000 955,256,000 786,523,000 885,561,000 877,754,000 687,752,000 737,462,000 810,942,000 836,250,000 656,742,000 664,495,000 717,590,000 723,887,000 560,991,000 540,181,000 631,760,000 623,503,000 525,070,000 496,863,000 557,065,000 565,686,000 452,370,000 470,265,000 510,321,000 521,768,000 405,115,000 419,924,000 467,657,000 476,697,000 398,219,000 389,629,000 443,518,000 449,795,000 388,220,000 371,169,000 442,990,000 411,242,000 346,543,000 351,046,000 371,282,000 374,176,000 286,575,000 279,873,000 322,301,000 345,510,000 266,392,000 249,686,000 279,313,000 286,974,000 245,240,000 228,750,000 262,918,000 266,782,000 217,188,000 202,531,000 227,377,000 233,971,000 189,263,000 176,600,000 206,364,000 220,125,000 172,156,000 161,118,000 190,947,000 199,023,000                    
      yoy
    16.67% 10.30% 17.02% 16.46% 17.74% 3.05% 9.21% 38.90% 6.65% 9.20% 4.96% 4.72% 10.98% 13.01% 15.52% 17.07% 23.01% 13.59% 16.10% 6.84% 8.72% 13.41% 10.22% 16.07% 5.66% 9.16% 8.42% 11.66% 11.99% 9.12% 9.45% 1.73% 7.78% 5.44% 5.98% 2.58% 4.97% 0.12% 9.37% 12.03% 5.73% 19.31% 9.91% 20.93% 25.43% 15.20% 8.30% 7.58% 12.09% 15.39% 20.40% 8.63% 9.15% 6.24% 7.57% 12.92% 12.95% 15.63% 14.02% 14.75% 14.68% 10.18% 6.29% 9.94% 9.61% 8.07% 10.60%                        
      qoq
    7.33% -10.26% 0.83% 20.13% 1.47% -4.80% 0.35% 21.45% -11.18% 0.89% 27.63% -6.74% -9.06% -3.03% 27.33% -1.17% -7.40% -0.87% 29.04% 3.85% -14.50% 1.32% 18.75% 5.68% -10.81% -1.52% 25.05% -3.81% -7.85% -2.19% 28.80% -3.53% -10.21% -1.90% 19.71% 2.20% -12.15% -1.40% 15.86% 4.59% -16.21% 7.72% 18.67% -1.28% -5.45% -0.77% 30.57% 2.39% -13.16% -6.72% 29.70% 6.69% -10.61% -2.67% 17.02% 7.21% -13.00% -1.45% 22.83% 7.24% -10.93% -2.82% 23.62% 7.17% -14.42% -6.25% 27.86% 6.85% -15.62% -4.06%                     
      gross margin %
    23.63% 25.70% 24.89% 24.36% 23.19% 23.38% 24.29% 23.31% 23.62% 21.79% 22.69% 20.66% 22.13% 20.38% 18.77% 18.99% 21.80% 21.99% 22.75% 23.59% 26.90% 28.51% 29.62% 28.96% 22.10% 22.39% 21.54% 20.77% 22.96% 20.11% 20.16% 19.39% 20.44% 21.71% 22.77% 21.57% 22.01% 23.10% 22.83% 24.53% 23.70% 23.02% 20.07% 20.95% 21.00% 17.27% 16.33% 14.93% 15.63% 15.99% 16.34% 14.73% 15.02% 14.61% 15.36% 13.99% 14.49% 14.75% 14.24% 14.02% 14.74% 16.85% 17.18% 16.04% 15.85% 17.87% 18.53% 19.50% 18.98% 13.74% 12.71% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 
      other comprehensive income
                                                                                              
      comprehensive income
                                                       21,838,250 15,463,000 32,859,000 39,031,000                                    
      loss on early retirement of debt
                                                                 11,350,000                             
      earnings before income taxes
                                                           34,928,000 26,173,000 58,877,000 63,537,000 35,866,000 21,348,000 34,528,000 59,495,000 37,207,500 27,601,000 54,117,000 67,112,000                        
      net earnings
                                                           23,069,000 16,699,000 37,632,000 39,391,000 22,770,000 12,875,000 21,692,000 37,286,000 21,935,000 17,242,000 33,592,000 44,193,000 15,555,000 14,021,000 27,329,000 28,785,000 14,406,000 13,033,000 27,676,000 29,776,000 16,574,000 11,244,000 17,172,000 16,901,000 10,430,000 6,953,000 22,193,000         
      earnings per common share
                                                                                              
      basic
                                                           615 440 990 1,040 600 340 510 730 467.5 340 660 870                147.5 50   20 120   
      diluted
                                                           610 430 980 1,030 590 340 510 730 465 340 660 870                147.5 50   20 120   
      plus effect of stock options
                                                             342,934,000 307,838,000 68,207,000 305,056,000 287,678,000 282,287,000 36,725,750 185,024,000 155,107,000 132,723,000  148,208,000 178,666,000 114,902,000  221,353,000 222,354,000 217,143,000 58,005,750 234,220,000 253,078,000 267,485,000  207,163,000 194,969,000         
      total expenses
                                                                       109,656,750 138,791,000 147,075,000                     
      earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and gain on discontinued operations
                                                                       28,149,750 22,327,000   28,046,500 20,153,000 43,939,000                 
      earnings from continuing operations before gain on discontinued operations
                                                                       17,542,750 14,035,000   17,635,250 12,898,000 27,692,000                 
      gain on discontinued operations, net of
                                                                        -14,000                      
      net earnings
                                                           23,069,000 16,699,000 37,632,000 39,391,000 22,770,000 12,875,000 21,692,000 37,286,000 21,935,000 17,242,000 33,592,000 44,193,000 15,555,000 14,021,000 27,329,000 28,785,000 14,406,000 13,033,000 27,676,000 29,776,000 16,574,000 11,244,000 17,172,000 16,901,000 10,430,000 6,953,000 22,193,000         
      basic
                                                                                              
      earnings from continuing operations before loss on discontinued operations
                                                                        280 27,352,000 28,795,000   550 29,951,000                
      loss on discontinued operations
                                                                                              
      net earnings per common share
                                                                        280 540    550                 
      diluted
                                                                                              
      earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and loss on discontinued operations
                                                                         43,872,000 46,419,000    48,094,000                
      loss on discontinued operations, net of taxes of 15, 10, 22, and 122
                                                                         23,000                     
      loss on discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 7 and 112
                                                                          10,000                    
      loss on discontinued operations
                                                                                              
      diluted
                                                                                              
      net sales
                                                                           905,580,250 1,153,966,000 1,189,178,000 1,279,177,000 990,695,000 922,786,000 1,009,879,000 1,100,355,000 883,263,000 802,788,000 967,654,000 695,351,000 662,561,000 717,027,000 733,859,000 602,207,000 544,951,000 610,944,000 609,371,000 
      franchise revenue
                                                                           116,000 139,000 160,000 165,000 143,000 175,000 173,000 189,000 157,000 164,000 175,000 203,000 232,000 302,000 328,000 309,000 394,000 463,000 503,000 
      gain on discontinued operations, net of taxes
                                                                            135,000 -16,000  18,500 38,000 98,000             
      gain on discontinued operations
                                                                                              
      diluted
                                                                                              
      basic:
                                                                                              
      net earnings per common share
                                                                        280 540    550                 
      diluted:
                                                                                              
      loss on discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 112 and 120
                                                                              175,000                
      earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, gain on discontinued operations, and cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                               17,734,250 17,206,000 26,619,000             
      earnings from continuing operations before gain on discontinued operations, cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                               11,310,750 11,206,000              
      cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax benefit of 692
                                                                                              
      earnings from continuing operations before loss on discontinued operations and cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                               225 220 340 16,962,000            
      cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                              
      diluted
                                                                                              
      earnings from continuing operations before gain on discontinued operations and cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                 17,074,000             
      cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax benefit of 0, 0, 0, and 692
                                                                                              
      cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                              
      earnings from continuing operations before income taxes, loss on discontinued operations, and cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                  27,110,000            
      loss on discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 39 and 72
                                                                                  61,000            
      cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax benefit of 0 and 692
                                                                                              
      earnings from continuing operations before cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                  340 12,872,750 7,013,000 22,362,000         
      earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                   19,818,000 10,134,000 34,654,000         
      loss on discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 34, 2,754, 178, and 3,051
                                                                                   79,250 60,000          
      cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax benefit of 639
                                                                                   284,000           
      loss on discontinued operations, net of tax benefit of 95, 191, 144, and 341
                                                                                     169,000         
      earnings per share
                                                                                              
      basic
                                                                                        0.22 0.32   0.32 0.28 
      diluted
                                                                                        0.22 0.32   0.32 0.28 
      income taxes
                                                                                         8,811,000     
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        assets
                                                                                                 
        current assets
                                                                                                 
        cash and cash equivalents
      522,991,000 465,019,000 492,016,000 458,073,000 326,662,000 394,815,000 351,723,000 304,988,000 177,881,000 409,891,000 439,112,000 378,869,000 413,199,000 414,798,000 312,364,000 158,878,000 186,921,000 311,698,000 198,928,000 336,545,000 388,946,000 404,685,000 246,516,000 78,275,000 43,539,000 43,976,000 96,733,000 63,296,000 34,169,000 51,887,000 44,842,000 53,679,000 138,711,000 285,185,000 159,101,000 76,717,000 115,721,000 177,973,000 189,490,000 75,775,000 53,563,000 65,580,000 46,605,000 48,541,000 43,637,000 71,550,000 116,747,000 121,641,000 102,160,000 113,268,000 190,947,000 41,271,000 26,521,000 39,327,000 89,636,000 55,919,000 46,338,000 86,200,000 139,017,000 59,572,000 64,446,000 188,267,000 198,099,000 151,676,000 152,891,000 177,951,000 170,780,000 145,695,000 127,459,000 137,835,000 171,470,000 154,523,000 133,076,000 145,969,000 131,913,000 107,067,000 32,835,000 32,279,000 60,003,000 75,369,000 23,951,000 54,643,000 71,520,000 49,051,000 29,235,000 59,476,000 59,508,000 45,887,000 46,219,000 57,758,000 52,662,000 
        receivables
      243,502,000 186,756,000 192,504,000 195,485,000 180,746,000 166,231,000 156,407,000 164,926,000 136,691,000 146,976,000 133,726,000 120,547,000 127,328,000 157,491,000 145,887,000 108,028,000 91,442,000 90,598,000 109,017,000 79,698,000 66,617,000 56,109,000 55,647,000 48,500,000 46,383,000 44,775,000 39,554,000 37,856,000 40,899,000 46,875,000 46,486,000 45,045,000 41,507,000 42,498,000 44,544,000 43,244,000 34,542,000 32,930,000 32,093,000 27,701,000 23,940,000 31,925,000 33,654,000 22,609,000 22,217,000 31,034,000 30,331,000 25,841,000 25,067,000 25,556,000 25,918,000 20,900,000 19,790,000 21,284,000 21,254,000 21,700,000 17,471,000 19,752,000 22,337,000 20,154,000 16,203,000 15,329,000 13,033,000  11,661,000 12,111,000 9,732,000  8,651,000 16,871,000 20,938,000 16,662,000 14,673,000 13,884,000 15,289,000 13,432,000 7,697,000 8,636,000 10,045,000 9,672,000 6,881,000 8,896,000 8,241,000 7,481,000 6,127,000 7,722,000 6,186,000 5,751,000 5,427,000 5,213,000 5,793,000 
        inventories
      557,151,000 440,832,000 452,063,000 478,880,000 480,034,000 482,101,000 432,268,000 452,017,000 414,721,000 418,901,000 424,728,000 376,085,000 387,136,000 393,320,000 399,138,000 396,199,000 351,377,000 350,182,000 338,082,000 286,598,000 271,421,000 249,842,000 238,795,000 236,007,000 263,185,000 271,443,000 273,755,000 273,040,000 250,897,000 258,644,000 263,879,000 241,668,000 255,584,000 241,681,000 225,973,000 201,644,000 209,692,000 208,064,000 205,773,000 204,988,000 189,722,000 204,277,000 215,329,000 197,331,000 168,280,000 199,710,000 218,403,000 204,833,000 190,839,000 199,802,000 205,674,000 189,514,000 185,126,000 178,298,000 178,546,000 170,794,000 161,942,000 159,868,000 163,942,000 159,200,000 134,721,000 122,348,000 123,274,000 124,951,000 112,672,000 117,618,000 115,659,000 106,528,000 99,030,000 108,453,000 139,306,000 124,503,000 116,525,000 114,086,000 116,397,000 109,702,000 96,617,000 100,950,000 106,779,000 96,255,000 91,321,000 82,696,000 79,419,000 75,392,000 83,311,000 78,365,000 78,155,000 77,895,000 72,976,000 68,283,000 72,374,000 
        prepaid and other current assets
      29,783,000 36,291,000 47,381,000 44,681,000 24,641,000 39,585,000 38,296,000 33,071,000                                                                                    
        income taxes receivable
      10,585,000 19,105,000 7,309,000  770,000 16,924,000   21,765,000 2,142,000  23,347,000 6,111,000  21,102,000 44,071,000 10,113,000 17,231,000 8,361,000 9,578,000    14,667,000    28,895,000    50,682,000    19,901,000    14,413,000    19,223,000    12,473,000    9,820,000    16,424,000    43,376,000    10,801,000    8,327,000    7,751,000    2,733,000    3,047,000    5,927,000    10,882,000    
        total current assets
      1,364,012,000 1,148,003,000 1,191,273,000 1,177,119,000 1,012,853,000 1,099,656,000 978,694,000 955,002,000 781,004,000 1,010,710,000 1,022,191,000 920,955,000 958,204,000 993,343,000 902,854,000 725,035,000 660,780,000 795,021,000 671,266,000 723,633,000 744,778,000 728,818,000 558,091,000 387,250,000 389,628,000 395,321,000 438,070,000 410,580,000 351,272,000 382,178,000 406,551,000 396,840,000 476,235,000 576,228,000 439,299,000 350,685,000 375,702,000 425,993,000 435,329,000 325,885,000 304,726,000 322,349,000 316,443,000 305,260,000 256,386,000 324,264,000 380,454,000 378,144,000 345,657,000 352,712,000 437,637,000 272,817,000 260,556,000 259,831,000 306,007,000 279,278,000 259,715,000 279,220,000 338,930,000 293,887,000 264,511,000 349,085,000 347,036,000 310,263,000 298,795,000 323,890,000 306,772,000 284,727,000 251,439,000 276,919,000 341,669,000 313,256,000 278,013,000 282,798,000 272,308,000 240,825,000 153,287,000 153,833,000 183,275,000 191,406,000 139,605,000 152,379,000 163,786,000 142,430,000 137,434,000 166,310,000 156,309,000 146,807,000 138,596,000 136,525,000 135,913,000 
        property and equipment, at cost
                                                                                                 
        land
      1,496,529,000    1,429,673,000       1,151,812,000    1,097,985,000    938,199,000    872,151,000    792,601,000    729,965,000    665,318,000    593,043,000    549,239,000    490,005,000    431,523,000    381,756,000    348,456,000    297,833,000    273,406,000    249,842,000    233,887,000    211,910,000    196,840,000    180,040,000    
        buildings, land improvements and leasehold improvements
      3,829,703,000    3,539,550,000                                                                                       
        machinery and equipment
      3,561,976,000    3,314,403,000       2,783,802,000    2,695,366,000    2,478,404,000    2,369,361,000    2,224,330,000    2,093,878,000    1,905,553,000    1,704,379,000    1,503,079,000    1,330,697,000    1,182,470,000    1,035,651,000    907,483,000    784,341,000    711,090,000    655,270,000    620,620,000    575,109,000    537,026,000    498,152,000    
        finance lease right-of-use assets
      134,388,000    120,670,000       99,764,000    75,060,000    22,413,000    24,780,000                                                                    
        construction in process
      171,314,000    131,151,000       169,796,000    92,331,000    98,587,000    125,632,000    124,613,000    56,346,000                                                            
        property and equipment, at cost - sum
      9,193,910,000    8,535,447,000       6,834,969,000    6,406,251,000    5,699,864,000    5,361,509,000    4,937,562,000    4,514,097,000    4,009,630,000    3,592,724,000    3,204,610,000    2,841,243,000    2,534,211,000    2,239,747,000    1,994,647,000    1,717,905,000    1,570,786,000    1,444,054,000    1,371,429,000    1,265,113,000    1,170,109,000        
        less accumulated depreciation and amortization
      3,444,442,000    3,122,203,000       2,620,149,000    2,425,709,000    2,206,405,000    2,037,708,000    1,826,936,000    1,611,177,000    1,496,472,000    1,340,249,000    1,185,246,000    1,062,278,000    952,286,000    860,998,000    777,342,000    706,994,000    652,376,000    595,316,000    538,121,000    490,288,000    447,197,000    409,969,000    
        net property and equipment
      5,749,468,000    5,413,244,000       4,214,820,000    3,980,542,000    3,493,459,000    3,323,801,000    3,110,626,000    2,902,920,000    2,513,158,000    2,252,475,000    2,019,364,000    1,778,965,000    1,581,925,000    1,378,749,000    1,217,305,000    1,010,911,000    918,410,000    848,738,000    833,308,000    774,825,000    722,912,000    686,625,000    
        other assets
      121,249,000    120,082,000                                                            9,545,000 9,452,000 9,194,000  8,642,000 8,738,000 9,317,000  8,608,000 9,109,000 8,600,000  8,515,000 8,315,000 8,157,000  16,127,000 7,256,000 6,799,000  1,683,000 1,195,000 1,173,000  1,035,000 1,129,000 1,127,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      432,640,000 436,140,000 438,198,000 400,712,000 417,046,000 420,069,000                                                                                      
        goodwill
      1,268,686,000 1,266,489,000 1,266,489,000 1,245,976,000 1,244,893,000 1,240,598,000 657,529,000 652,823,000 647,125,000 619,667,000 618,477,000 615,342,000 614,212,000 612,934,000 612,934,000 612,934,000 601,040,000 454,548,000 440,415,000 161,075,000 161,075,000 161,075,000 161,075,000 161,075,000 157,648,000 157,648,000 157,223,000 157,223,000 144,948,000 140,623,000 140,623,000 140,258,000 137,759,000 137,319,000 132,806,000 132,806,000 130,081,000 129,591,000 128,791,000 128,566,000 127,981,000 127,046,000 127,046,000 127,046,000 127,046,000 127,031,000 126,931,000 120,406,000 120,081,000 119,756,000 114,791,000 114,791,000 114,661,000 104,686,000 104,385,000 104,385,000 104,386,000 104,386,000 104,206,000 88,042,000 86,422,000 68,260,000 57,627,000 57,547,000 55,922,000 51,576,000 50,976,000 50,976,000 50,956,000 50,408,000 49,208,000 48,308,000 47,233,000 47,233,000 46,758,000 46,588,000 45,538,000 43,394,000 14,414,000 14,414,000            
        total assets
      8,936,055,000 8,585,750,000 8,585,167,000 8,371,009,000 8,208,118,000 8,220,178,000 7,725,570,000 6,496,425,000 6,207,014,000 6,227,461,000 6,062,352,000 5,943,270,000 5,840,617,000 5,790,464,000 5,679,141,000 5,505,730,000 5,401,943,000 5,252,110,000 5,075,972,000 4,460,314,000 4,396,987,000 4,323,668,000 4,098,993,000 3,943,892,000 3,922,034,000 3,865,869,000 3,836,746,000 3,731,376,000 3,583,599,000 3,545,657,000 3,524,507,000 3,469,927,000 3,453,181,000 3,420,182,000 3,157,481,000 3,020,102,000 2,976,379,000 2,952,251,000 2,886,079,000 2,726,148,000 2,670,549,000 2,630,813,000 2,554,374,000 2,469,965,000 2,387,540,000 2,401,908,000 2,376,587,000 2,293,462,000 2,226,202,000 2,186,335,000 2,192,434,000 1,984,018,000 1,934,460,000 1,861,561,000 1,845,434,000 1,774,815,000 1,723,622,000 1,698,390,000 1,709,056,000 1,610,955,000 1,534,255,000 1,503,503,000 1,446,451,000 1,388,775,000    1,262,695,000    1,219,200,000    1,129,271,000    987,539,000    870,909,000    834,586,000    
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                 
        current liabilities
                                                                                                 
        current maturities of long-term debt and finance lease obligations
      101,357,000 101,455,000 101,265,000 98,089,000 94,925,000 243,755,000 245,558,000 208,209,000 53,250,000 53,166,000 53,640,000 52,861,000 37,727,000 33,996,000 33,562,000 24,466,000 91,695,000 34,134,000 34,101,000 2,354,000 2,327,000 2,297,000 2,269,000                                                                     
        accounts payable
      823,804,000 603,347,000 666,091,000 673,944,000 620,447,000 585,865,000 573,320,000 597,112,000 521,948,000 601,310,000 570,485,000 560,546,000 518,250,000 587,030,000 618,931,000 588,783,000 398,997,000 509,300,000 453,514,000 355,471,000 332,103,000 323,662,000 310,118,000 184,800,000 275,903,000 327,114,000 347,181,000 335,240,000 242,399,000 324,806,000 333,299,000 321,419,000 294,262,000 307,110,000 281,645,000 293,903,000 230,472,000 250,948,000 269,847,000 241,207,000 206,639,000 246,055,000 243,182,000 226,577,000 174,704,000 234,706,000 255,767,000 250,807,000 201,812,000 230,286,000 252,544,000 232,913,000 197,245,000 215,213,000 219,944,000 211,165,000 185,184,000 203,185,000 245,808,000 215,675,000 159,252,000 174,232,000 164,065,000 145,334,000 131,825,000 141,617,000 125,754,000 115,436,000 97,001,000 117,924,000 175,798,000 163,343,000 127,938,000 134,890,000 133,091,000 134,375,000 102,468,000 112,385,000 129,543,000 146,121,000 93,559,000 95,162,000 115,048,000 100,640,000 76,821,000 97,159,000 91,128,000 83,388,000 73,535,000 68,591,000 72,798,000 
        accrued expenses
            296,374,000 294,233,000 305,708,000 295,350,000 294,873,000  313,832,000 298,962,000 284,890,000  293,018,000 260,062,000 253,327,000  245,519,000 229,311,000 210,078,000  175,176,000 154,249,000 159,001,000  154,665,000 130,786,000 149,424,000  151,588,000 145,085,000 144,789,000  140,869,000 120,657,000 134,861,000  134,933,000 125,207,000 123,901,000  123,848,000 144,277,000 119,887,000  109,568,000 102,931,000 109,942,000  97,005,000 86,272,000 98,346,000  90,586,000 78,523,000 92,460,000  87,993,000 80,481,000 77,717,000  64,567,000 61,278,000 64,937,000  62,041,000 59,024,000 64,038,000  61,408,000 59,327,000 60,224,000  48,003,000 46,754,000 45,357,000  51,230,000 51,083,000 45,023,000  38,566,000 38,685,000 36,439,000  28,701,000 30,637,000 30,545,000 
        wages and related taxes
      105,119,000    80,633,000       78,791,000    87,022,000    69,226,000    34,039,000    39,950,000    27,704,000    25,010,000    32,026,000    32,092,000    27,411,000    16,221,000    15,010,000    13,014,000    11,981,000    23,155,000                        
        property taxes
      62,263,000    59,843,000       51,109,000    47,556,000    39,399,000    36,348,000    32,931,000    29,117,000    26,721,000    24,091,000    23,523,000    22,572,000    20,229,000    19,111,000    17,283,000    15,267,000    14,156,000    13,877,000    13,097,000    11,418,000    10,483,000    8,591,000    
        insurance accruals
      35,100,000    41,328,000       28,856,000    25,795,000    24,287,000    22,097,000    21,671,000    20,029,000                                                            
        operating lease liabilities
      14,197,000    14,647,000                                                                                       
        other
      208,766,000    189,870,000       154,962,000    131,056,000    122,012,000    95,864,000    68,935,000    54,607,000    46,607,000    39,337,000    35,910,000    33,171,000    29,436,000    26,917,000    24,632,000        3,000,000    29,231,000    22,838,000    18,894,000    31,368,000    25,516,000    
        total current liabilities
      1,350,606,000 1,101,695,000 1,135,061,000 1,138,047,000 1,101,693,000 1,195,638,000 1,116,536,000 1,132,143,000 880,906,000 949,826,000 933,999,000 927,125,000 869,809,000 921,298,000 937,383,000 904,678,000 783,710,000 803,496,000 740,942,000 612,749,000 581,826,000 562,009,000 533,916,000 1,063,428,000 1,104,822,000 1,084,061,000 575,028,000 590,932,000 463,701,000 470,976,000 525,513,000 507,850,000 461,219,000 467,629,000 441,863,000 446,546,000 386,756,000 387,015,000 420,112,000 387,571,000 359,752,000 399,376,000 388,901,000 364,889,000 324,945,000 400,172,000 395,981,000 362,943,000 319,557,000 343,001,000 396,815,000 397,748,000 366,157,000 314,729,000 332,027,000 306,641,000 281,503,000 288,789,000 344,464,000 294,500,000 257,564,000 259,987,000 308,761,000 240,886,000 222,318,000 228,806,000 224,228,000 221,243,000 192,348,000 210,388,000 279,023,000 259,099,000 229,010,000 245,538,000 252,854,000 234,267,000 206,716,000 215,259,000 239,581,000 243,696,000 200,635,000 179,361,000 197,448,000 170,127,000 150,256,000 169,119,000 159,288,000 145,840,000 128,125,000 130,782,000 136,885,000 
        long-term debt and finance lease obligations, net of current maturities
      2,330,237,000 2,331,744,000 2,352,032,000 2,373,058,000 2,413,620,000 2,439,038,000 2,461,922,000 1,398,712,000 1,583,613,000 1,596,786,000 1,598,524,000 1,620,513,000 1,634,500,000 1,639,580,000 1,639,177,000 1,663,403,000 1,766,049,000 1,677,391,000 1,682,171,000 1,361,395,000 1,362,076,000 1,361,925,000 1,281,741,000 714,502,000 715,121,000 715,060,000                                                                  
        deferred income taxes
      739,843,000 729,206,000 716,030,000 694,362,000 646,905,000 638,197,000 608,904,000 603,964,000 591,811,000 582,825,000 559,493,000 543,598,000 544,988,000 545,756,000 545,199,000 520,472,000 494,877,000 496,451,000 471,838,000 439,721,000 449,152,000 451,205,000 445,365,000 435,598,000 425,242,000 417,271,000 402,840,000 385,788,000 379,376,000 374,665,000 349,656,000 341,946,000 324,572,000 461,667,000 455,688,000 440,124,000 422,334,000 414,773,000 406,774,000  18,831,000 17,704,000 16,232,000 15,531,000 17,722,000 19,296,000 12,225,000 11,878,000 12,096,000 11,891,000 12,269,000 9,916,000 10,603,000 10,604,000 13,934,000 13,143,000 12,315,000 11,393,000 11,195,000 10,405,000 11,062,000 10,977,000 10,197,000 9,417,000 8,653,000 8,526,000 8,507,000 11,895,000 113,203,000 110,148,000 108,613,000 105,959,000 105,725,000 103,309,000 104,017,000 105,724,000 101,449,000 100,290,000 99,235,000 99,929,000 100,028,000 101,280,000 100,407,000 102,039,000 104,330,000 106,031,000 102,159,000 99,159,000 95,121,000 92,371,000 89,621,000 
        operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
      459,284,000 462,522,000 464,326,000 419,670,000 434,707,000 437,155,000                                                                                      
        insurance accruals, net of current portion
      32,140,000 33,669,000 35,512,000 33,887,000 33,143,000 31,240,000 30,227,000 29,724,000 33,114,000 34,064,000 32,070,000 32,312,000 31,298,000 29,816,000 28,475,000 27,957,000 26,195,000 25,374,000 25,729,000 26,239,000 21,103,000 20,924,000 20,766,000 22,862,000 22,673,000 22,247,000 21,531,000 22,663,000 21,395,000 20,155,000  19,748,000                                                            
        other long-term liabilities
      72,226,000 73,429,000 72,678,000 71,307,000 69,380,000 61,594,000 170,535,000 168,962,000 170,109,000 166,569,000 161,971,000 159,056,000 141,397,000 129,530,000 136,187,000 135,636,000 131,437,000 111,124,000 109,468,000 72,437,000 74,605,000 53,389,000 51,535,000 50,693,000 49,694,000 49,535,000 28,677,000 24,068,000 23,736,000 23,206,000 42,906,000 21,589,000 21,788,000 20,826,000 20,221,000 19,672,000 21,225,000 20,669,000 19,851,000 19,498,000 20,275,000 19,882,000 19,532,000 18,984,000 20,409,000 20,017,000 19,033,000 22,500,000 24,795,000 24,224,000 22,992,000 21,399,000 21,749,000 21,128,000 20,187,000 19,100,000 19,520,000 19,156,000 18,938,000 16,943,000 16,508,000 15,887,000 15,467,000 14,799,000 15,741,000 15,151,000 14,649,000 15,914,000 16,553,000 16,222,000 15,730,000 15,026,000 14,475,000 13,600,000 13,376,000 8,496,000 8,502,000 8,479,000 8,172,000 6,976,000            
        total liabilities
      4,984,336,000 4,732,265,000 4,775,639,000 4,730,331,000 4,699,448,000 4,802,862,000 4,388,124,000 3,333,505,000 3,259,553,000 3,330,070,000 3,286,057,000 3,282,604,000 3,233,835,000 3,277,648,000 3,299,095,000 3,264,892,000 3,216,337,000 3,128,976,000 3,045,307,000 2,527,635,000 2,503,398,000 2,463,817,000 2,347,755,000 2,300,687,000 2,333,444,000 2,304,021,000 2,347,532,000 2,322,607,000 2,192,731,000 2,188,578,000 2,225,808,000 2,198,786,000 2,123,378,000 2,265,850,000 1,990,969,000 1,829,482,000 1,760,873,000 1,752,838,000 1,737,036,000 1,642,685,000 1,627,419,000 1,621,405,000 1,618,473,000 1,594,736,000 1,548,431,000 1,601,806,000 1,605,633,000 1,573,596,000 1,524,449,000 1,494,187,000 1,538,960,000 1,381,723,000 1,350,974,000 1,289,048,000 1,300,689,000 1,268,774,000 1,237,984,000 1,225,332,000 1,269,414,000 1,207,059,000 1,149,086,000 1,126,782,000 587,991,000 564,456,000 545,870,000 549,776,000 536,614,000 541,665,000 501,275,000 516,122,000 583,605,000 571,728,000 545,812,000 559,142,000 566,893,000 557,007,000 479,651,000 484,571,000 449,125,000 464,349,000 418,529,000 398,453,000 415,795,000 401,772,000 387,789,000 408,469,000 394,880,000 394,792,000 375,983,000 376,752,000 380,967,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                 
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                 
        preferred stock, no par value, none issued
                                                                                                 
        common stock
          49,605,000 37,568,000 25,988,000 13,557,000 30,386,000 51,117,000 72,643,000 110,037,000 97,849,000 89,669,000 80,119,000 79,412,000 70,841,000 59,214,000 50,458,000 58,951,000 48,855,000 41,114,000 32,601,000 33,286,000 28,985,000 24,428,000 22,002,000 15,600,000 12,279,000 9,702,000 7,322,000  2,286,000   40,074,000 85,714,000 83,050,000 80,453,000 72,868,000 70,988,000 66,773,000 63,718,000 56,274,000 53,720,000 46,263,000 40,402,000 33,878,000 31,647,000 29,782,000 25,502,000 23,119,000 21,254,000 19,419,000 18,192,000 12,199,000 9,144,000 7,550,000 6,057,000 3,996,000 2,913,000 2,216,000 66,391,000 64,439,000 63,697,000 63,213,000 61,911,000 60,804,000 60,256,000 59,749,000 58,578,000 57,690,000 56,737,000 55,706,000 54,821,000 53,547,000 52,047,000 50,966,000 50,261,000 49,161,000 48,997,000 48,113,000 47,442,000 46,516,000 46,291,000 45,183,000 44,498,000 44,155,000 43,807,000 41,686,000 41,225,000 
        retained earnings
      3,951,719,000 3,853,485,000 3,809,528,000 3,640,678,000 3,459,065,000 3,379,748,000 3,311,458,000 3,149,363,000 2,917,075,000 2,846,274,000 2,703,652,000 2,550,629,000 2,508,933,000 2,423,147,000 2,299,927,000 2,161,426,000 2,114,765,000 2,063,920,000 1,980,207,000 1,873,728,000 1,844,734,000 1,818,737,000 1,718,637,000 1,609,919,000 1,559,605,000 1,537,420,000 1,467,212,000 1,393,169,000 1,378,589,000 1,347,377,000 1,291,377,000 1,271,141,000 1,327,517,000 1,154,332,000 1,166,512,000 1,150,546,000 1,129,792,000 1,116,363,000 1,068,590,000 1,010,595,000 972,142,000 942,635,000 872,183,000 818,955,000 785,389,000 753,839,000 730,552,000 685,988,000 670,106,000 662,366,000 627,972,000 579,176,000 562,232,000 553,094,000 526,553,000 493,842,000 476,494,000 465,508,000 433,585,000 399,900,000 382,256,000 374,505,000 792,069,000 759,880,000 742,273,000 729,359,000 700,094,000 660,226,000 648,485,000 638,276,000 614,759,000 589,782,000 578,674,000 568,936,000 544,554,000 518,717,000 511,776,000 503,058,000 488,410,000 474,029,000 465,865,000 461,179,000 441,250,000 422,621,000 417,285,000 416,827,000 407,825,000 395,639,000 396,551,000 390,842,000 376,815,000 
        total shareholders’ equity
      3,951,719,000 3,853,485,000 3,809,528,000 3,640,678,000 3,508,670,000 3,417,316,000 3,337,446,000 3,162,920,000 2,947,461,000 2,897,391,000 2,776,295,000 2,660,666,000 2,606,782,000 2,512,816,000 2,380,046,000 2,240,838,000 2,185,606,000 2,123,134,000 2,030,665,000 1,932,679,000 1,893,589,000 1,859,851,000 1,751,238,000 1,643,205,000 1,588,590,000 1,561,848,000 1,489,214,000 1,408,769,000 1,390,868,000 1,357,079,000 1,298,699,000 1,271,141,000 1,329,803,000 1,154,332,000 1,166,512,000 1,190,620,000 1,215,506,000 1,199,413,000 1,149,043,000 1,083,463,000 1,043,130,000 1,009,408,000 935,901,000 875,229,000 839,109,000 800,102,000 770,954,000 719,866,000 701,753,000 692,148,000 653,474,000 602,295,000 583,486,000 572,513,000 544,745,000 506,041,000 485,638,000 473,058,000 439,642,000 403,896,000 385,169,000 376,721,000 858,460,000 824,319,000 805,970,000 792,572,000 762,005,000 721,030,000 708,741,000 698,025,000 673,337,000 647,472,000 635,411,000 624,642,000 599,375,000 572,264,000 563,823,000 554,024,000 538,671,000 523,190,000 514,862,000 509,292,000 488,692,000 469,137,000 463,576,000 462,010,000 452,323,000 439,794,000 440,358,000 432,528,000 418,040,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
      8,936,055,000    8,208,118,000       5,943,270,000    5,505,730,000    4,460,314,000    3,943,892,000    3,731,376,000    3,469,927,000    3,020,102,000    2,726,148,000    2,469,965,000    2,293,462,000    1,984,018,000    1,774,815,000    1,610,955,000    1,388,775,000    1,262,695,000    1,219,200,000    1,129,271,000    987,539,000    870,909,000    834,586,000    
        current assets:
                                                                                                 
        other assets, net of amortization
       121,692,000 122,219,000 118,569,000  118,962,000 192,704,000 193,314,000 197,780,000 204,458,000 191,900,000 192,153,000 188,803,000 177,593,000 184,606,000 187,219,000 182,123,000 147,849,000 148,101,000 82,147,000 78,210,000 72,198,000 70,877,000 71,766,000 70,815,000 66,016,000 43,146,000 52,947,000 46,519,000 39,813,000 32,769,000 29,909,000 34,543,000 24,466,000 23,632,000 23,453,000 20,238,000 19,616,000 19,382,000 19,222,000 18,290,000 18,549,000 18,588,000 18,295,000 17,163,000 16,847,000 16,395,000 15,947,000 15,453,000 15,169,000 14,796,000 14,485,000 13,931,000 13,385,000 13,114,000 12,403,000 11,985,000 11,801,000 11,817,000 11,721,000 11,736,000 10,794,000 11,271,000 10,054,000    8,582,000    8,898,000    8,550,000    6,894,000    5,567,000    1,154,000    
        property and equipment
       5,613,426,000 5,566,988,000 5,428,633,000  5,340,893,000 4,736,525,000 4,695,286,000 4,581,105,000 4,392,626,000 4,229,784,000  4,079,398,000 4,006,594,000 3,978,747,000  3,958,000,000 3,854,692,000 3,816,190,000  3,412,924,000 3,361,577,000 3,308,950,000  3,303,943,000 3,246,884,000 3,198,307,000  3,040,860,000 2,983,043,000 2,944,564,000  2,804,644,000 2,682,169,000 2,561,744,000  2,450,358,000 2,377,051,000 2,302,577,000  2,219,552,000 2,162,869,000 2,092,297,000  1,986,945,000 1,933,766,000 1,852,807,000  1,745,011,000 1,698,698,000 1,625,210,000  1,545,312,000 1,483,659,000 1,421,928,000  1,347,536,000 1,302,983,000 1,254,103,000  1,171,586,000 1,075,364,000 1,030,517,000  987,578,000 957,430,000 931,677,000  898,979,000 878,082,000 856,748,000  847,369,000 844,644,000 838,602,000  836,134,000 833,053,000 781,950,000  777,659,000 748,110,000 733,902,000  712,248,000 702,974,000 689,721,000  676,710,000 671,626,000 661,967,000 
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                                                 
        current liabilities:
                                                                                                 
        accrued expenses and current portion of operating lease liabilities
       396,893,000 367,705,000 361,268,000  366,018,000                                                                                      
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                                 
        preferred stock, no par value
                                                                                                 
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
       8,585,750,000 8,585,167,000 8,371,009,000  8,220,178,000 7,725,570,000 6,496,425,000 6,207,014,000 6,227,461,000 6,062,352,000  5,840,617,000 5,790,464,000 5,679,141,000  5,401,943,000 5,252,110,000 5,075,972,000  4,396,987,000 4,323,668,000 4,098,993,000  3,922,034,000 3,865,869,000 3,836,746,000  3,583,599,000 3,545,657,000 3,524,507,000  3,453,181,000 3,420,182,000 3,157,481,000  2,976,379,000                                                       
        income taxes payable
         4,746,000   1,284,000 32,589,000   15,001,000   1,310,000       1,877,000 6,739,000                    12,721,000 6,426,000   13,301,000 19,900,000   1,469,000 18,449,000    2,997,000   1,236,000 5,194,000    11,460,000    7,889,000    4,255,000   4,095,000 11,966,000    7,270,000   4,117,000 8,385,000       1,360,000 2,323,000 
        restricted cash
            1,160,118,000                                                                                     
        prepaid expenses
              29,946,000 32,800,000 24,625,000 22,107,000 24,430,000 27,734,000 24,363,000 17,859,000 20,927,000 25,312,000 16,878,000 11,214,000 17,794,000 18,182,000 17,133,000 9,801,000 14,430,000 13,783,000 12,969,000 7,493,000 9,752,000 7,923,000 8,940,000 5,766,000 7,197,000 6,767,000 8,251,000 9,179,000 4,726,000 4,960,000 5,532,000 3,008,000 3,669,000 2,863,000 4,623,000 2,025,000 2,906,000 2,674,000 2,748,000 1,478,000 2,092,000 2,195,000 2,829,000 1,396,000 1,953,000 2,032,000 2,637,000 1,298,000 1,846,000 2,007,000 2,439,000 1,180,000 1,578,000 1,739,000 2,433,000 1,307,000 1,686,000 1,775,000 2,094,000 1,394,000 9,451,000 9,970,000 9,955,000 9,817,000 9,335,000 8,859,000 8,709,000 7,891,000 6,687,000 7,898,000 6,448,000 7,063,000 8,090,000 6,144,000 4,606,000 4,579,000 5,917,000 6,879,000 7,067,000 6,392,000 4,883,000 5,271,000 5,084,000 
        buildings and leasehold improvements
                 2,629,795,000    2,445,509,000    2,162,261,000    1,969,585,000    1,770,695,000    1,620,218,000    1,422,586,000    1,279,258,000    1,136,248,000    1,004,263,000    904,732,000    807,795,000    724,170,000    621,882,000    568,366,000    523,748,000    501,470,000    457,778,000    429,056,000    409,320,000    
        deferred compensation
                  11,843,000 11,668,000 12,674,000 12,746,000 14,069,000 15,140,000 15,159,000 15,094,000 14,636,000 14,365,000 14,432,000 13,604,000 15,892,000 15,847,000 16,027,000 15,881,000 15,571,000 15,584,000 16,095,000 15,928,000 16,488,000 16,102,000 15,959,000 15,784,000 15,603,000 15,330,000 17,872,000 17,813,000 17,102,000 17,639,000 17,830,000 17,645,000 17,147,000 17,193,000 16,938,000 16,558,000 16,440,000 16,257,000 15,999,000 15,787,000 15,326,000 15,044,000 14,797,000 14,698,000 13,963,000 13,715,000 13,857,000 13,858,000 13,555,000 13,309,000 12,957,000 12,788,000 12,133,000 11,869,000 11,697,000 11,085,000 10,070,000 10,076,000 10,610,000 10,201,000 9,899,000 9,624,000 9,206,000 9,016,000 7,977,000 7,736,000 7,520,000 7,236,000 7,146,000 6,889,000 6,764,000 6,542,000 5,950,000 5,846,000 5,741,000 5,635,000 5,247,000 5,078,000 4,905,000 
        lines of credit
                             120,000,000 76,000,000 25,000,000 50,000,000 75,000,000                                                                
        income tax receivable
                              22,091,000 21,344,000 15,059,000  15,555,000 16,849,000 42,404,000  33,236,000 97,000 1,430,000  11,021,000 2,066,000 2,441,000  15,001,000    1,624,000    13,403,000    16,563,000 8,286,000   19,803,000    36,501,000 10,425,000   11,232,000 5,909,000   6,848,000 3,790,000   4,404,000    9,451,000 4,070,000   9,362,000    12,844,000 13,868,000 5,393,000  9,091,000   
        income tax payable
                            11,451,000                                                                     
        current maturities of long-term debt
                             570,280,000 577,743,000 577,698,000 18,846,000 17,205,000 16,637,000 15,384,000 15,379,000 15,374,000 15,369,000 15,434,000 15,429,000 15,421,000 15,415,000 15,410,000 15,404,000 15,375,000 15,380,000 15,393,000 15,392,000 15,398,000 7,893,000 7,888,000 427,000 553,000 8,177,000 8,315,000 15,880,000 15,810,000 13,307,000 13,244,000 10,740,000 10,737,000 5,733,000 5,845,000 1,002,000 1,167,000 1,319,000 5,274,000 55,519,000 24,577,000 25,926,000 25,911,000 25,648,000 28,442,000 33,306,000 33,440,000 34,932,000 34,383,000 39,664,000 47,226,000 47,573,000 47,566,000 48,045,000 48,320,000 48,511,000 51,628,000 53,546,000 28,999,000 28,992,000 27,636,000 34,869,000 33,275,000 31,721,000 28,345,000 25,889,000 30,194,000 31,219,000 
        long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current maturities
                                1,303,429,000                                                                 
        leasehold interest in property and equipment
                                 25,323,000    13,690,000    16,173,000    16,044,000    16,044,000    16,278,000    15,486,000    14,545,000    14,538,000    13,849,000    17,924,000    15,194,000    15,452,000    20,316,000    7,187,000    9,082,000    
        long-term debt
                                 1,283,275,000 1,288,952,000 1,283,992,000 1,291,638,000 1,291,725,000 1,299,311,000 1,299,626,000 1,057,238,000 907,356,000 914,955,000 915,051,000 872,427,000 822,869,000 830,466,000 830,553,000 838,153,000 838,245,000 845,846,000 845,946,000 853,545,000 853,642,000 853,739,000 803,820,000 803,971,000 653,081,000 660,779,000 660,055,000 667,745,000 667,930,000 673,113,000 673,466,000 678,653,000 678,680,000 678,864,000 679,159,000 109,853,000 154,754,000 156,077,000 157,858,000 156,248,000 167,887,000 169,101,000 169,288,000 169,629,000 181,443,000 186,703,000 187,071,000 187,440,000 199,504,000 155,007,000 152,807,000 94,617,000 106,512,000 110,720,000 110,923,000 111,176,000 123,064,000 127,253,000 127,473,000 127,692,000 144,158,000 147,490,000 148,521,000 149,556,000 
        notes payable to bank
                                  50,000,000  27,411,000 39,600,000    900,000     2,800,000    18,500,000       59,100,000 58,600,000       600,000                                
        insurance
                                         37,984,000    35,535,000    31,389,000    28,429,000    24,039,000    23,701,000    22,129,000    20,713,000    19,111,000    18,265,000                    
        notes payable
                                                                  9,000,000                               
        trade
                                                                     12,111,000    7,888,000                        
        self-insurance
                                                                                 16,391,000    15,635,000            
        note payable
                                                                                  8,200,000 7,800,000 8,900,000  2,300,000           
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-04-30 2026-01-31 2025-10-31 2025-07-31 2025-04-30 2025-01-31 2024-10-31 2024-07-31 2024-01-31 2023-10-31 2023-07-31 2023-04-30 2023-01-31 2022-10-31 2022-07-31 2022-04-30 2022-01-31 2021-10-31 2021-07-31 2021-04-30 2021-01-31 2020-10-31 2020-07-31 2020-04-30 2020-01-31 2019-10-31 2019-07-31 2019-04-30 2019-01-31 2018-10-31 2018-07-31 2018-04-30 2018-01-31 2017-10-31 2017-07-31 2017-04-30 2017-01-31 2016-10-31 2016-07-31 2016-04-30 2016-01-31 2015-10-31 2015-07-31 2015-04-30 2015-01-31 2014-10-31 2014-07-31 2014-04-30 2014-01-31 2013-10-31 2013-07-31 2013-04-30 2013-01-31 2012-10-31 2012-07-31 2012-04-30 2012-01-31 2011-10-31 2011-07-31 2011-04-30 2011-01-31 2010-10-31 2010-07-31 2010-04-30 2010-01-31 2009-10-31 2009-07-31 2009-04-30 2009-01-31 2008-10-31 2008-07-31 2008-04-30 2008-01-31 2007-10-31 2007-07-31 2007-04-30 2007-01-31 2006-10-31 2006-07-31 2006-04-30 2006-01-31 2005-10-31 2005-07-31 2005-04-30 2005-01-31 2004-10-31 2004-07-31 2004-04-30 2004-01-31 2003-10-31 2003-07-31 
                                                                                                   
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                                   
          net income
        162,684,000 130,073,000 206,336,000 215,355,000 98,307,000 87,097,000 180,918,000 180,198,000 86,933,000 158,782,000 169,237,000 56,092,000 100,112,000 137,555,000 152,932,000 59,776,000 64,024,000 96,831,000 119,159,000 41,698,000 38,627,000 111,983,000 120,592,000 62,091,000 33,959,000 81,981,000 85,815,000 25,212,000 41,835,000 66,615,000 70,224,000 19,262,000 192,965,000 48,918,000 56,758,000 30,078,000 22,835,000 57,180,000 67,392,000 47,044,000 38,099,000 79,033,000 61,806,000 41,343,000 39,319,000 47,676,000 52,290,000 22,816,000 14,669,000 41,319,000 55,710,000 23,272,000 15,463,000 32,859,000 39,031,000                            20,892,000  2,466,000 11,006,000 15,939,000 1,028,000 5,841,000 15,770,000 13,827,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          depreciation and amortization
        115,495,000 114,084,000 111,416,000 108,963,000 107,443,000 105,203,000 96,592,000 94,409,000 88,950,000 85,598,000 82,905,000 80,631,000 78,088,000 78,117,000 76,295,000 77,866,000 75,529,000 74,258,000 75,888,000 69,896,000 65,185,000 64,294,000 65,820,000 65,193,000 63,285,000 62,888,000 59,808,000 62,867,000 61,324,000 61,356,000 58,840,000 57,402,000 57,042,000 54,157,000 52,369,000 51,947,000 51,152,000 48,675,000 45,855,000 45,909,000 43,822,000 41,807,000 39,399,000 42,156,000 40,431,000 37,275,000 36,249,000 35,556,000 32,687,000 32,416,000 30,501,000 29,910,000 28,229,000 27,148,000 26,536,000 25,609,000 24,616,000 23,432,000 22,895,000 21,982,000 20,769,000 20,041,000 19,563,000 18,700,000 18,368,000 18,527,000 17,951,000 17,369,000 17,169,000 17,406,000 17,462,000 16,962,000 17,018,000 17,431,000 16,196,000 16,629,000 16,203,000 15,538,000 15,525,000 14,669,000 14,036,000 14,661,000 13,819,000 14,347,000 13,269,000 12,897,000 12,669,000 12,564,000 12,460,000 12,317,000 12,165,000 
          amortization of debt related costs
                                                                                                   
          change in excess replacement cost over lifo inventory valuation
        108,000 1,716,000 7,304,000 8,327,000 2,172,000 2,960,000 3,967,000 2,431,000 -160,000                                                                                   
          share-based compensation
        20,416,000 12,332,000 15,438,000 15,221,000 12,243,000 11,844,000 12,609,000 11,036,000 9,864,000 9,017,000 10,468,000  8,866,000 9,690,000 16,185,000  11,882,000 8,877,000 8,623,000  7,517,000 7,471,000 7,021,000                                                                     
          loss on disposal of assets and impairment charges
        10,010,000 1,828,000 1,118,000 561,000 3,408,000 4,571,000 1,947,000 2,475,000 1,124,000 1,216,000 -1,448,000 894,000 1,186,000 4,561,000 230,000 -332,000 838,000 63,000 -1,770,000 5,872,000 1,649,000 1,819,000 340,000 1,380,000 858,000 730,000 527,000 225,000 29,000 785,000 345,000 271,000 919,000 951,000 140,000 1,488,000 516,000   523,000 505,000 68,000 -259,000 1,786,000 452,000 -110,000 242,000 -34,000                                            
          deferred income taxes
        10,689,000 13,176,000 23,450,000 47,457,000 8,754,000 39,150,000 4,940,000 7,114,000 8,860,000 23,458,000 15,895,000 -1,390,000 -768,000 557,000 24,727,000 25,754,000 -1,106,000 24,613,000 33,460,000 -9,431,000 -2,053,000 5,840,000 9,767,000 10,356,000 7,971,000 14,431,000 17,052,000 6,412,000 4,711,000 25,009,000 9,205,000 17,374,000 -137,095,000 5,979,000 15,564,000 17,790,000 7,561,000 7,999,000 11,840,000 13,941,000 44,742,000 -1,574,000 -1,617,000 17,080,000 23,180,000 2,615,000 1,836,000 8,253,000 2,828,000 8,080,000 3,122,000 7,432,000 8,872,000 15,489,000 4,737,000 9,692,000 18,757,000 16,506,000 9,634,000 21,140,000 24,070,000 16,707,000 -1,056,000 864,000 3,382,000 6,281,000 7,644,000 8,118,000 3,773,000 1,144,000 3,045,000 234,000 2,416,000 -708,000 -1,707,000 -1,926,000 1,159,000 1,055,000 -694,000 -99,000 -1,252,000 873,000 -1,632,000 -2,291,000 -829,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 4,038,000 2,750,000 2,750,000 2,750,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                                   
          receivables
        -52,599,000 5,748,000 2,649,000 -15,873,000 -13,364,000 12,922,000 12,278,000 -13,133,000 6,751,000 -8,718,000 -13,179,000 6,781,000 30,163,000 -11,604,000 -37,859,000 -23,019,000 -1,919,000 10,424,000 -18,511,000 -8,161,000 -10,508,000 -462,000 -7,147,000 -2,117,000 -1,608,000 -5,221,000 -1,698,000 3,043,000 5,976,000 -389,000 -1,441,000 -3,538,000 991,000 2,046,000 -1,300,000 -8,702,000 -1,612,000 -837,000 -4,392,000 -3,761,000 7,985,000 1,729,000 -11,045,000 -392,000 8,817,000 -703,000 -4,490,000 -774,000 489,000 362,000 -5,018,000 -1,110,000 1,494,000 -30,000 446,000 -4,229,000 2,281,000 2,585,000 -2,183,000 -3,951,000 -874,000 -2,296,000 -922,000 -450,000 450,000 -2,379,000 1,156,000 -2,237,000 8,220,000 4,067,000 -4,276,000 -1,989,000 -789,000 1,405,000 -1,857,000 -4,375,000 939,000 1,409,000 -373,000 -2,791,000 2,015,000 -655,000 -760,000 -1,354,000 1,595,000 -1,536,000 -435,000 -324,000 -214,000 580,000 -51,000 
          inventories
        -115,020,000 9,515,000 22,289,000 -6,868,000 373,000 594,000 16,655,000 -25,378,000 10,952,000 3,542,000 -48,256,000 14,194,000 6,873,000 5,922,000 -2,899,000 -43,151,000 5,952,000 -12,907,000 -26,624,000 -15,104,000 -21,403,000 -11,047,000 -2,788,000 27,506,000 8,295,000 2,386,000 -474,000 -21,396,000 8,671,000 5,288,000 -22,211,000 14,464,000 -13,835,000 -14,791,000 -24,244,000 8,461,000 -1,207,000 -2,223,000 -631,000 -15,134,000 14,690,000 11,052,000 -17,998,000 -28,863,000 31,634,000 18,956,000 -11,362,000 -13,780,000 9,077,000 6,986,000 -15,979,000 -4,135,000 -4,852,000 517,000 -7,752,000 -8,773,000 -2,074,000 4,443,000 -2,243,000 -23,131,000 -6,761,000 1,666,000 1,699,000 -11,180,000 6,384,000 -1,959,000 -9,131,000 -7,498,000 9,423,000 30,853,000 -14,803,000 -7,978,000 -2,439,000 2,311,000 -6,695,000 -13,085,000 4,333,000 8,839,000 -10,524,000 -4,934,000 -8,625,000 -3,277,000 -4,027,000 7,919,000 -4,946,000 -210,000 -260,000 -4,919,000 -2,443,000 4,091,000 -9,365,000 
          prepaid and other current assets
        6,508,000 11,090,000 -2,700,000 -20,040,000  1,218,000 -5,225,000 -7,280,000                                                                                    
          accounts payable
        207,923,000 -52,689,000 -31,081,000 35,019,000 57,464,000 -68,344,000 -27,333,000 17,431,000 -83,080,000 -6,056,000 -4,344,000 91,231,000 -86,384,000 -49,129,000 34,799,000 178,803,000 -100,741,000 22,104,000 65,727,000 42,520,000 -1,693,000 7,963,000 117,756,000 -86,617,000 -43,957,000 -13,187,000 3,610,000 79,397,000 -68,976,000 -7,558,000 9,588,000 28,092,000 -13,410,000 20,079,000 -20,010,000 61,087,000 -17,516,000 -20,215,000 16,976,000 36,204,000 -35,594,000 -1,001,000 3,402,000 47,457,000 -55,390,000 -30,317,000 4,960,000 48,995,000 -28,474,000 -22,258,000 19,631,000 35,668,000 -17,968,000 -4,731,000 8,779,000 25,981,000 -18,001,000 -42,623,000 30,133,000 56,423,000 -14,980,000 10,167,000 18,731,000 13,509,000 -9,792,000 15,863,000 10,318,000 18,435,000 -20,923,000 -57,874,000 12,455,000 35,405,000 -6,952,000 1,799,000 -1,284,000 31,907,000 -9,917,000 -17,158,000 -16,578,000 52,562,000 -1,603,000 -19,886,000 14,408,000 23,819,000 -20,338,000 6,031,000 7,740,000 9,853,000 4,944,000 -4,207,000 7,918,000 
          accrued expenses
        28,100,000 27,289,000 5,949,000 -25,729,000 27,142,000 30,611,000 2,522,000 -38,750,000 10,020,000 -775,000 -20,150,000 -577,000 14,645,000 14,089,000 -7,865,000 -1,969,000 31,677,000 5,901,000 -12,035,000 9,269,000 17,051,000 17,546,000 21,631,000 13,663,000 21,443,000 -5,007,000 -3,699,000 8,155,000 26,102,000 -15,611,000 12,281,000 267,000 6,793,000 623,000 8,284,000 -4,320,000 20,321,000 -14,117,000 12,896,000 -3,954,000 8,887,000 1,955,000 3,120,000 -964,000 -20,452,000 -3,586,000 7,458,000 1,997,000 6,029,000 -7,101,000 20,005,000 -7,699,000 10,548,000 -12,186,000 13,607,000 -5,858,000 12,063,000 -13,995,000 15,189,000 -10,888,000 7,336,000 2,333,000 6,735,000 6,295,000 3,225,000 -3,659,000 -12,428,000 15,324,000 3,017,000 -5,014,000 2,665,000 -35,000 2,081,000 -897,000 7,898,000 2,963,000 1,249,000 1,059,000 -590,000 -5,283,000 147,000 6,060,000 3,172,000 3,285,000 -119,000 2,246,000 2,332,000 5,406,000 -1,936,000 92,000 -2,016,000 
          income taxes
        6,463,000 -11,659,000 -11,843,000 5,595,000 15,184,000 -20,504,000 -29,214,000 49,994,000 -19,657,000 -17,147,000 39,139,000 -18,896,000 -7,159,000 22,754,000 23,953,000 -35,979,000 7,161,000 -8,429,000 1,531,000 -12,649,000 -4,561,000 -4,163,000 27,087,000 6,579,000 -271,000 -5,579,000 15,054,000 -14,140,000 1,525,000 26,259,000 8,901,000 -18,186,000 -32,471,000 1,705,000 18,899,000  -8,644,000 1,023,000 12,215,000  -26,407,000 6,944,000 26,986,000  -12,988,000 -5,327,000 29,301,000 49,003,000 -14,329,000 -14,850,000 30,207,000 14,291,000 -7,811,000 -10,418,000 21,911,000 -44,140,000 -20,482,000 -3,669,000 50,318,000 50,291,000 -25,780,000 -21,162,000 22,764,000 51,945,000 -4,798,000 -13,086,000 14,764,000 31,173,000 -2,566,000 -7,340,000 12,962,000 43,676,000 -7,435,000 -7,456,000 18,925,000 37,091,000 -5,149,000 -11,258,000 10,587,000 35,924,000 -12,973,000   12,797,000    20,584,000    
          other
        -2,783,000 -3,475,000 -3,773,000 3,913,000 -1,393,000 -2,960,000 -230,000 529,000 -869,000 3,684,000 1,104,000 1,039,000 1,223,000 406,000 1,867,000 1,374,000 -16,782,000 159,000 1,016,000 197,000 19,665,000 -288,000 -697,000 -1,791,000 -5,502,000 -2,336,000 696,000 -4,475,000 -7,689,000 -7,604,000 -2,759,000 4,560,000 -9,734,000 -620,000 -56,000 -2,396,000 -161,000 -2,468,000 -573,000 480,000 -172,000 -69,000 -107,000 -339,000 -122,000 -76,000 -18,000 -197,000 -31,000 -59,000 -126,000 197,000 -18,000 19,000 -639,000 501,000 37,000 -86,000 4,000 348,000 -372,000 1,019,000 -1,037,000 233,000 236,000 -81,000 16,000 3,735,000 -456,000 -1,138,000 -975,000 -828,000 771,000 -566,000 -16,000 9,000 -530,000 281,000 -178,000 187,000 888,000 -332,000 -1,010,000 -3,293,000 -384,000 83,000 87,000 266,000 266,000 171,000 102,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        398,510,000 259,544,000 347,069,000 372,417,000 333,858,000 204,939,000 270,703,000 281,354,000 122,820,000 252,649,000 229,131,000 245,358,000 150,494,000 209,893,000 276,206,000 252,200,000 81,164,000 213,818,000 241,559,000 141,009,000 111,122,000 199,907,000 352,050,000 104,607,000 88,298,000 132,652,000 178,757,000 152,858,000 73,467,000 154,218,000 150,071,000 123,821,000 54,413,000 124,424,000 117,139,000 143,246,000 75,943,000 78,735,000 161,349,000 122,625,000 97,125,000 143,163,000 101,796,000 101,822,000 56,468,000 67,035,000 116,357,000                     67,056,000                        
          capital expenditures
        -191,082,000 -183,738,000 -171,054,000 -110,046,000 -180,725,000 -114,273,000 -110,662,000 -100,564,000 -149,771,000 -107,052,000 -68,903,000 -175,270,000 -123,971,000 -95,257,000 -82,070,000 -98,267,000 -104,690,000 -78,473,000 -45,045,000 -178,175,000 -104,262,000 -113,669,000 -45,146,000 -75,070,000 -121,734,000 -140,775,000 -101,398,000 -83,534,000 -112,756,000 -100,919,000 -97,490,000 -151,023,000 -177,601,000 -157,249,000 -91,548,000 -107,783,000 -122,007,000 -121,306,000 -82,296,000 -80,251,000 -102,640,000 -109,807,000 -100,141,000 -68,590,000 -96,462,000 -106,893,000 -88,789,000                     -40,049,000                        
          free cash flows
        207,428,000 75,806,000 176,015,000 262,371,000 153,133,000 90,666,000 160,041,000 180,790,000 -26,951,000 145,597,000 160,228,000 70,088,000 26,523,000 114,636,000 194,136,000 153,933,000 -23,526,000 135,345,000 196,514,000 -37,166,000 6,860,000 86,238,000 306,904,000 29,537,000 -33,436,000 -8,123,000 77,359,000 69,324,000 -39,289,000 53,299,000 52,581,000 -27,202,000 -123,188,000 -32,825,000 25,591,000 35,463,000 -46,064,000 -42,571,000 79,053,000 42,374,000 -5,515,000 33,356,000 1,655,000 33,232,000 -39,994,000 -39,858,000 27,568,000                     27,007,000                        
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                                   
          purchase of property and equipment
        -191,082,000 -183,738,000 -171,054,000 -110,046,000 -180,725,000 -114,273,000 -110,662,000 -100,564,000 -149,771,000 -107,052,000 -68,903,000 -175,270,000 -123,971,000 -95,257,000 -82,070,000 -98,267,000 -104,690,000 -78,473,000 -45,045,000 -178,175,000 -104,262,000 -113,669,000 -45,146,000 -75,070,000 -121,734,000 -140,775,000 -101,398,000 -83,534,000 -112,756,000 -100,919,000 -97,490,000 -151,023,000 -177,601,000 -157,249,000 -91,548,000 -107,783,000 -122,007,000 -121,306,000 -82,296,000 -80,251,000 -102,640,000 -109,807,000 -100,141,000 -68,590,000 -96,462,000 -106,893,000 -88,789,000 -66,085,000 -79,666,000 -90,426,000 -72,456,000 -64,175,000 -81,005,000 -88,345,000 -71,776,000 -56,271,000 -70,341,000 -66,748,000 -47,514,000 -59,220,000 -67,465,000 -48,536,000 -39,352,000 -27,727,000 -30,543,000 -40,192,000 -30,771,000 -40,049,000 -39,217,000 -38,973,000 -29,168,000 -18,902,000 -22,484,000 -24,443,000 -23,486,000 -19,500,000 -19,377,000 -25,506,000 -23,321,000 -15,367,000 -25,134,000 -32,182,000 -27,230,000 -27,346,000 -27,399,000 -23,992,000 -16,710,000 -14,233,000 -17,510,000 -22,604,000 -18,250,000 
          payments for acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from sales of assets
        2,283,000 15,477,000 6,813,000 17,499,000  2,809,000 5,032,000 6,688,000 12,060,000 2,507,000 5,784,000  3,499,000 5,033,000 5,019,000  4,614,000                                                                           
          net cash from investing activities
        -242,490,000 -168,699,000 -242,200,000 -102,042,000 -204,131,000 -1,276,690,000 -133,858,000 -111,989,000 -295,161,000 -230,607,000 -76,416,000 -244,085,000 -130,982,000 -91,851,000 -78,116,000 -92,920,000 -337,321,000 -83,419,000 -644,335,000 -180,306,000 -107,886,000 -112,697,000 -43,451,000 -93,904,000 -127,314,000 -140,857,000 -104,567,000 -129,803,000 -130,183,000 -101,392,000 -96,452,000 -160,602,000 -179,452,000 -176,018,000 -93,263,000 -118,467,000 -128,786,000 -123,254,000 -84,218,000 -81,674,000 -105,887,000 -108,554,000 -98,853,000 -72,084,000 -98,872,000 -109,181,000 -119,006,000 -69,977,000 -80,222,000 -113,014,000 -73,676,000 -67,381,000 -101,522,000 -91,112,000 -71,269,000 -57,087,000 -69,472,000 -73,256,000 -78,307,000 -70,365,000 -140,686,000 -75,102,000 -39,360,000 -44,431,000 -54,124,000 -43,382,000 -31,215,000 -39,214,000 -38,920,000 -37,908,000 -28,474,000 -18,358,000 -21,858,000 -24,091,000 -23,044,000 -18,728,000 -18,730,000 -91,272,000 -22,939,000 -15,528,000 -32,626,000 -28,954,000 -23,426,000 -25,592,000 -26,549,000 -23,615,000 -16,387,000 -13,311,000 -17,206,000 -21,510,000 -16,828,000 
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from long-term debt
                     150,000,000 300,000,000           250,000,000 150,000,000 50,000,000 50,000,000         50,000,000 150,000,000                       50,000,000               
          payments of long-term debt and finance lease obligations
        -13,247,000 -21,272,000 -18,213,000 -42,163,000 -178,511,000 -26,344,000 -5,321,000 -29,316,000 -13,229,000                                                                                   
          payments of debt related costs
                                                                                                   
          payments of cash dividends
        -21,097,000 -21,175,000 -21,209,000 -19,655,000 -18,564,000 -18,566,000 -18,568,000 -16,611,000 -15,987,000 -16,043,000 -14,945,000 -14,161,000 -14,164,000 -14,164,000 -13,128,000 -12,989,000 -12,989,000 -12,625,000 -12,609,000 -12,561,000 -11,819,000 -11,812,000 -11,779,000 -11,773,000 -11,773,000 -11,772,000 -10,633,000 -10,622,000 -10,615,000 -10,601,000 -9,592,000 -9,757,000 -9,788,000 -9,923,000 -9,312,000 -9,351,000 -9,419,000 -9,411,000 -8,577,000 -8,598,000 -8,607,000 -8,596,000 -7,726,000 -7,777,000 -7,746,000 -7,738,000 -6,914,000 -6,927,000 -6,328,000 -6,927,000 -6,913,000 -5,722,000 -6,323,000 -6,320,000 -6,320,000 -5,721,000 -5,712,000 -5,709,000 -5,707,000 -5,126,000 -5,123,000 -5,121,000 -5,097,000 -4,328,000 -4,328,000 -4,327,000 -4,325,000 -3,815,000 -3,812,000 -3,811,000 -3,808,000 -3,297,000    -2,528,000    -2,267,000 -2,266,000   -2,006,000    -1,750,000    
          repurchase of common stock and payment of related excise taxes
        -63,247,000 -74,756,000 -31,251,000 -31,251,000                                                                                      
          tax withholdings on employee share-based awards
        -457,000 -639,000 -253,000 -45,895,000 -206,000 -264,000 -178,000 -24,932,000 -176,000 -152,000 -17,969,000 -95,000 -686,000 -140,000 -15,478,000  -255,000 -121,000 -17,249,000  -188,000 -7,917,000 -613,000 -86,000 -49,000 -6,476,000 -1,267,000 -1,080,000 -349,000 -3,252,000 -500,000 -270,000 -162,000 -3,494,000 -219,000 -146,000 -109,000 -6,339,000                                                     
          net cash from financing activities
        -98,048,000 -117,842,000 -70,926,000 -138,964,000 -197,880,000   -70,859,000 -59,669,000 -51,263,000 -92,472,000 -35,603,000 -21,111,000 -15,608,000 -44,604,000 -187,323,000 131,380,000 -17,629,000 265,159,000 -13,104,000 -18,975,000 70,959,000 -140,358,000 24,033,000 38,579,000 -44,552,000 -40,753,000 6,072,000 38,998,000 -45,781,000 -62,456,000 -48,251,000 -21,435,000 177,678,000 58,508,000 -63,783,000 -9,409,000 33,002,000 36,584,000 -18,739,000 -3,255,000 -15,634,000 -4,879,000 -24,834,000 14,491,000 -3,051,000 -2,245,000 -14,016,000 43,737,000 -11,741,000 85,119,000 -9,658,000 52,815,000 -11,304,000 -1,545,000 -3,981,000 -5,718,000 -5,604,000 -5,107,000 -13,540,000 76,000 3,344,000 -17,914,000 -6,754,000 -6,065,000 -3,961,000 -18,155,000 -9,608,000 -3,920,000 -5,407,000 -15,553,000 -13,424,000 -10,826,000 -3,578,000 -14,612,000 34,201,000 -2,409,000 46,342,000 -8,105,000 -9,699,000 -732,000 -1,839,000 -14,669,000 -13,202,000 -3,495,000 -3,680,000 -16,500,000 -12,162,000 -5,989,000 -3,967,000 -1,586,000 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        57,972,000   131,411,000 -68,153,000   98,506,000 -232,010,000 -29,221,000 60,243,000 -34,330,000 -1,599,000 102,434,000 153,486,000 -28,043,000 -124,777,000 112,770,000 -137,617,000 -52,401,000 -15,739,000 158,169,000 168,241,000    33,437,000 29,127,000 -17,718,000 7,045,000 -8,837,000 -85,032,000 -146,474,000 126,084,000 82,384,000 -39,004,000 -62,252,000 -11,517,000 113,715,000 22,212,000 -12,017,000   4,904,000 -27,913,000 -45,197,000 -4,894,000 19,481,000 -11,108,000 -77,679,000 149,676,000   -50,309,000 33,717,000   -52,817,000 79,445,000   -9,832,000 46,423,000 -1,215,000 -25,060,000 7,171,000 25,085,000 18,236,000 -10,376,000 -33,635,000 16,947,000 21,447,000 -12,893,000 14,056,000 24,846,000   -27,724,000 -15,366,000   -16,877,000 22,469,000 19,816,000 -30,241,000 -32,000 13,621,000 -332,000 -11,539,000 5,096,000 12,118,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                                   
          supplemental disclosures of cash flows information
                                                                                                   
          cash paid for interest, net of amount capitalized
                                                                                                   
          cash paid for income taxes
                                                                                                   
          noncash investing and financing activities
                                                                                                   
          purchased property and equipment in accounts payable
                                                                                                   
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                   
          amortization of debt issuance costs
         516,000 517,000 516,000  577,000 277,000 278,000 278,000 277,000 278,000 753,000 345,000 346,000 345,000 1,415,000 395,000 358,000 359,000 345,000                                                                        
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                                   
          payments for acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
         -438,000 -77,959,000 -9,495,000  -1,165,226,000 -28,228,000 -18,113,000 -157,450,000 -126,062,000 -13,297,000  -10,510,000 -1,627,000 -1,065,000  -237,245,000 -8,835,000 -617,291,000      -6,453,000 -1,323,000 -4,868,000  -18,431,000 -1,749,000 -841,000  -3,411,000 -19,459,000 -3,322,000  -7,969,000 -2,742,000 -2,854,000      -2,785,000 -3,514,000 -30,774,000                                             
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                                   
          payments of debt issuance costs
             -101,000           -900,000 -249,000                                                                         
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
         326,662,000  206,482,000 378,869,000  158,878,000  336,545,000  78,275,000  63,296,000  53,679,000  76,717,000  75,775,000  48,541,000  121,641,000  41,271,000  55,919,000  59,572,000   151,676,000  145,695,000  154,523,000  107,067,000  75,369,000   49,051,000   45,887,000   40,544,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
           458,073,000    304,988,000 -232,010,000 -29,221,000 439,112,000  -1,599,000 102,434,000 312,364,000  -124,777,000 112,770,000 198,928,000  -15,739,000 158,169,000 246,516,000  -437,000 -52,757,000 96,733,000  -17,718,000 7,045,000 44,842,000  -146,474,000 126,084,000 159,101,000  -62,252,000 -11,517,000 189,490,000  -12,017,000 18,975,000 46,605,000  -27,913,000 -45,197,000 116,747,000  -11,108,000 -77,679,000 190,947,000  -12,806,000 -50,309,000 89,636,000  -39,862,000 -52,817,000 139,017,000   -9,832,000 198,099,000  -25,060,000 7,171,000 170,780,000  -10,376,000 -33,635,000 171,470,000  -12,893,000 14,056,000 131,913,000  556,000 -27,724,000 60,003,000   -16,877,000 71,520,000   -32,000 59,508,000   5,096,000 52,662,000 
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                                                                                                   
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period
                                                                                                   
          prepaid expenses
                2,854,000 -8,175,000 -2,518,000 2,323,000 3,304,000 -3,371,000 -6,504,000 3,068,000 4,254,000 -8,434,000 -5,264,000 6,580,000 388,000 -1,049,000 -7,332,000 4,629,000 -647,000 -814,000 -5,476,000 2,259,000 -1,829,000 1,017,000 -3,174,000 1,431,000 -430,000 1,484,000 928,000 -4,453,000 234,000 572,000 -2,524,000 661,000 -806,000 1,760,000 -2,598,000 881,000 -232,000 74,000 -1,270,000 614,000 103,000 634,000 -1,433,000 557,000 79,000 605,000 -1,339,000 548,000 161,000 432,000 -1,259,000 398,000 161,000 516,000 -1,126,000 379,000 89,000 319,000 -700,000 377,000 -199,000 376,000 -529,000 -688,000 -476,000 -150,000 -818,000 -1,274,000 1,042,000 -1,079,000 615,000 1,127,000 -1,946,000 -1,538,000 -27,000 1,338,000 1,159,000 -9,000 -675,000 -1,509,000 388,000 -187,000 -494,000 
          proceeds from sales of property and equipment
                          18,001,000 1,445,000 2,156,000 972,000 1,695,000 1,228,000 873,000 1,241,000 1,699,000 910,000 1,004,000 1,276,000 1,879,000 1,389,000 1,560,000 690,000 1,607,000 1,224,000 1,190,000 794,000 932,000 1,588,000 1,005,000 1,253,000 1,288,000 590,000 375,000 1,226,000 557,000                                             
          net cash from (used) in financing activities
                                                                                                   
          repurchase of common stock
                -30,277,000 -29,598,000 -29,893,000                 -37,479,000 -70,579,000 -11,491,000 -54,735,000 -77,878,000                                                       
          payments of long-term debt
                  -29,665,000  -6,261,000 -1,304,000 -15,998,000  -4,476,000 -4,883,000 -4,867,000                              -219,000 -7,717,000 -208,000 -5,195,000 -194,000 -5,186,000 -182,000 -180,000 -464,000 -344,000 -384,000 -336,000 -4,250,000 -50,627,000 -13,959,000 -2,672,000 -1,765,000 -361,000 -14,433,000 -6,078,000 -374,000 -2,584,000 -12,064,000 -10,661,000    -6,165,000    -5,296,000    -11,421,000    -10,760,000    
          stock-based compensation
                                 2,380,000 7,542,000 5,299,000 1,788,000 -949,000 10,272,000 2,422,000 2,678,000 3,893,000 9,807,000 3,341,000 2,408,000          1,632,000                                             
          repayments of long-term debt
                             -569,865,000 -873,000 -8,147,000 -647,000 -7,777,000 -905,000 -8,161,000 -96,000 -7,651,000 -92,000 -7,591,000 -389,000 -7,605,000 -103,000 -7,602,000 -100,000 -7,599,000 -98,000 -7,602,000 -100,000 -7,599,000 -98,000 -97,000 -95,000 -138,000 -223,000                                             
          repayments of short-term debt
                                                                                                   
          payment of debt issuance costs
                                                                                                   
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                       133,000 119,000 412,000 1,042,000 211,000 566,000 85,000 46,000 2,261,000 1,122,000 789,000 231,000 148,000 576,000 503,000 103,000 195,000 382,000 256,000 121,000 1,598,000 122,000 1,506,000 284,000 1,805,000 930,000 1,964,000 4,258,000 4,313,000 456,000 154,000 1,858,000 900,000 512,000 564,000 169,000 3,476,000 1,322,000 286,000 325,000 1,316,000 268,000 345,000 2,132,000 988,000 155,000 23,000 536,000 525,000 234,000 113,000 680,000 319,000 534,000 401,000 432,000 737,000 1,094,000 769,000 551,000 527,000 164,000 378,000 671,000 926,000 225,000 640,000 685,000 343,000 348,000 1,617,000 461,000 1,217,000 
          net (payments) borrowings of short-term debt
                                                                                                  
          tax withholdings on employee stock-based awards
                                                                                                   
          cash paid during the year for interest, net of amount capitalized
                                                                                                   
          noncash additions from adoption of asc 842
                                                                                                   
          net payments of short-term debt
                             -120,000,000                                                                     
          proceeds from capital grant
                                                                                                   
          net borrowings of short-term debt
                               44,000,000                                                     400,000 -1,100,000 8,900,000             
          shares repurchased in accounts payable
                                                                                                   
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                -437,000                  -1,936,000                                                 
          net repayments of short-term debt
                                 -25,000,000 -25,000,000   -27,411,000 -12,189,000  -900,000                -59,100,000                                         
          net borrowings (repayments) of short-term debt
                                                                                                   
          income taxes receivable
                                                                                                   
          other amortization
                                            56,000 73,000 126,000  100,000 100,000 110,000 59,000 62,000 90,000 108,000 74,000 61,000 69,000 93,000 36,000 43,000 41,000 75,000 4,000 -46,000 4,000 385,000 640,000 73,000 -17,000 292,000 10,000 -9,000 -36,000 238,000 -39,000 -20,000 -1,000 -132,000 48,000 -9,000 -15,000 247,000 9,000 -6,000 83,000 396,000             
          stock based compensation
                                              2,471,000  2,420,000 1,636,000 1,737,000  3,625,000    1,581,000 1,376,000 1,044,000  1,105,000 1,024,000 1,036,000  1,136,000 1,044,000 477,000  248,000 247,000 810,000  456,000 576,000 504,000  240,000 249,000 503,000  458,000 278,000 281,000  81,000 71,000 303,000             
          gain on disposal of assets and impairment charges
                                              -302,000                                                     
          excess tax benefits related to stock option exercises
                                               -139,000 -1,146,000 -277,000 -1,140,000 -610,000 -1,868,000 -567,000 -579,000 -176,000 -130,000 -1,045,000 -440,000 -247,000 -168,000 -33,000 -1,481,000 -598,000 -172,000 -124,000 -268,000 -54,000 -104,000 -336,000 -154,000 -91,000 -5,000 -191,000 -78,000 -51,000                        
          net (repayments) borrowings of short-term debt
                                                                                                   
          property and equipment acquired through notes payable and capitalized lease obligations
                                                                                                   
          cash paid during the year for
                                                                                                   
          interest, net of amount capitalized
                                                                     3,603,000 1,847,000                             
          cash flows from operations:
                                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operations:
                                                                                                   
          net cash from operations
                                                        25,377,000 47,076,000 138,233,000  35,901,000 52,107,000 106,531,000  35,328,000 26,043,000 162,859,000  16,789,000 61,926,000 103,697,000  35,129,000 54,514,000 74,455,000   9,681,000 60,669,000  18,971,000 41,665,000 62,039,000  21,527,000 16,530,000 15,688,000  -1,449,000 13,916,000 60,564,000 58,610,000 -197,000 27,263,000 46,508,000 25,141,000 11,656,000 30,573,000 30,532,000 
          cash flows from investing:
                                                                                                   
          payments for acquisition of stores, net of cash acquired
                                                        -2,041,000 -22,873,000 -1,669,000  -21,891,000    -6,611,000 -31,115,000  -73,686,000 -27,059,000 -295,000                             
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment
                                                        1,485,000 285,000 449,000  1,374,000 540,000 507,000  869,000 103,000 322,000  465,000 493,000 287,000  432,000 469,000 171,000  297,000 1,065,000 694,000  626,000 352,000 442,000  647,000 963,000 382,000  -3,785,000 3,228,000 3,804,000  850,000 377,000 323,000  304,000 1,094,000 1,422,000 
          cash flows from financing:
                                                                                                   
          loss on sale and disposal of property and equipment
                                                         1,147,000 916,000  885,000 1,803,000 1,584,000  353,000 462,000 386,000  128,000 -1,000 112,000  -99,000 747,000 8,000    3,497,000                     
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operations
                                                                                                   
          loss on sale of property and equipment
                                                                           -263,000 928,000   108,000 1,429,000 541,000 918,000 1,307,000 916,000 616,000 237,000   85,000 1,417,000   1,161,000 622,000 529,000 375,000 159,000 384,000 
          loss on early retirement of debt
                                                                                                 
          changes in assets and liabilities
                                                                                                   
          payments for acquisition of businesses
                                                                                                   
          net borrowing of short-term debt
                                                                 -600,000                                 
          payments of prepayment penalties
                                                                                                 
          net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                                   
          net earnings
                                                               23,069,000 16,699,000 37,632,000 39,391,000 22,770,000 12,875,000 21,692,000 37,286,000 21,935,000 17,242,000 33,592,000 44,193,000 15,555,000             7,270,000           
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from operations
                                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from operations:
                                                                                                   
          cash paid during the period for:
                                                                                                   
          payments for acquisition of business
                                                                         -3,659,000 -615,000                       
          loss from discontinued operations
                                                                           18,000                        
          cash flows from discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
          operating cash flows
                                                                           2,000 -13,000 -1,000 -4,000 25,000 -155,000 60,000 154,000 878,000 18,000 -94,000 -10,000 470,000            
          investing cash flows
                                                                           309,000 -25,000 975,000 309,000 294,000 150,000   1,388,000            
          net cash flows from discontinued operations
                                                                           2,000 -13,000 -1,000 305,000 820,000 60,000 463,000 1,172,000 168,000 676,000 -10,000             
          cash flows from discontinued operations:
                                                                                                   
          net earnings from continuing operations
                                                                             27,352,000 28,795,000 14,463,000 12,898,000 27,692,000 29,951,000 18,299,000 11,207,000 17,074,000 16,962,000             
          tax benefits related to stock options
                                                                                                   
          cash flows from continuing operations
                                                                                                   
          adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash from continuing operations
                                                                                                   
          cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions
                                                                                                   
          net cash from continuing operations
                                                                                                   
          cash flows from investing
                                                                                                   
          cash flows from financing
                                                                                                   
          property and equipment and goodwill acquired through installment purchases or business acquisitions
                                                                                                   
          increase in common stock and increase in income taxes receivable due to tax benefits related to nonqualified stock options
                                                                                                  
          1.
                                                                                                   
          changes in assets and liabilities net of acquisition:
                                                                                                   
          cash flows of discontinued operations:
                                                                                                   
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition:
                                                                                                   
          payment of long-term debt
                                                                                 -716,000 -12,057,000   -586,000 -15,012,000    -13,332,000    -13,090,000    -1,561,000 
          payment of cash dividends
                                                                                 -3,294,000 -3,292,000   -2,523,000 -2,520,000    -2,263,000   -2,004,000 -3,753,000   -1,743,000 -1,242,000 
          property & equipment and goodwill acquired through installment purchases or business acquisitions
                                                                                                   
          gasoline
                                                                                                   
          merchandise
                                                                                                   
          merchandise lifo reserve
                                                                                                   
          total inventory
                                                                                                   
          property and equipment acquired through installment purchases or business acquisitions
                                                                                                   
          noncash operating and financing activities: increase in common stock and increase in income tax receivable due to tax benefits related to stock options
                                                                                                   
          interest
                                                                                                   
          net loss on sale of property and equipment
                                                                                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                                   
          payments of acquisition of business
                                                                                                   
          net activity of short-term debt
                                                                                                   
          total cash flows of discontinued operations
                                                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year
                                                                                                   
          cash and cash equivalents at end of the quarter
                                                                                                   
          cash paid during the year for:
                                                                                                   
          noncash investing and financing activities:
                                                                                                   
          noncash operating and financing activities:
                                                                                                   
          income in common stock and increase in income taxes receivable due to tax benefits related to stock options
                                                                                                   
          payments on long-term debt
                                                                                                   
          income taxes payable
                                                                                          14,312,000    5,489,000    5,312,000 
          cash flows from operations
                                                                                                   
          maturities of investments
                                                                                                   
          property and equipment acquired through installment purchases or capitalized leases
                                                                                                   
          net loss on property and equipment
                                                                                                   
          property and equipment acquired through installment purchases or capitalized lease obligations
                                                                                                   
          noncash operating and financing activities
                                                                                                   
          property and equipment acquired through installment purchases
                                                                                                   
          sale of investments
                                                                                                   
          income taxes payable/receivable