v3.25.1
Business Consolidation and Other Activities
6 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2025
Business Consolidation and Other Activities [Abstract]  
Business Consolidation and Other Activities
5.  Business Consolidation and Other Activities

In fiscal 2023, the Company initiated cost savings initiatives including plant rationalization in all segments as part of the 2023 restructuring plan.  The Company expects total cash and non-cash expense of the plan to be approximately $250 million, with the operations savings intended to counter general economic softness.  All initiatives are expected to be fully implemented by the end of fiscal 2025.

The table below includes the significant components of our business consolidation and other activities, by reporting segment:

 
Quarterly Period Ended
   
Two Quarterly Periods Ended
   
Restructuring Plans
 
   
March 29, 2025(a)
   
March 30, 2024
   
March 29, 2025(a)
   
March 30, 2024
   
Life to date (a)
 
Consumer Packaging International
 
$
15
   
$
73
   
$
32
   
$
78
     
124
 
Consumer Packaging North America
   
13
     
7
     
22
     
12
     
34
 
Flexibles
   
14
     
3
     
23
     
5
     
28
 
Consolidated
 
$
42
   
$
83
   
$
77
   
$
95
     
186
 
(a) Excludes $175 million gain from the sale of the Tapes business (see Note 4).

Other activities consist of acquisition, divestiture and other business optimization related costs. $5 million and $23 million in the Quarter and Year to Date periods, respectively, of the transaction activities related to the proposed merger with Amcor. The table below sets forth the activity with respect to the charges and the impact on our accrued reserves at March 29, 2025:

   
Business Consolidation
       
   
Employee
Severance
and Benefits
   
Facility
Exit Costs
   
Non-Cash
Impairment
Charges
   
Transaction
Activities
   
Total
 
Balance as of September 28, 2024
 
$
29
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
29
 
Charges
   
1
     
11
     
1
     
64
     
77
 
Non-cash items
   
     
     
(1
)
   
     
(1
)
Cash
   
(13
)
   
(11
)
   
     
(64
)
   
(88
)
Balance as of March 29, 2025
 
$
17
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
17