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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes INCOME TAXES
The determination of the Company’s overall effective income tax rate requires the use of estimates. The effective income tax rate reflects the income earned and taxed in U.S. federal and various state jurisdictions based on enacted tax law, permanent differences between book and tax items, tax credits and the Company’s change in relative income in each jurisdiction.
The Company estimated its annual effective income tax rate for the full fiscal year and applied the annual effective income tax rate to the results of the 39 weeks ended September 26, 2026 and September 27, 2025, and then recognized the impact of discrete tax items for purposes of determining its year-to-date tax provision.
For the 13 weeks ended September 26, 2026, the Company’s effective income tax rate of 26% differed from the 21% federal corporate income tax rate primarily as a result of state income taxes and the recognition of various discrete tax items. These discrete tax items were not material individually or in the aggregate.
For the 13 weeks ended September 27, 2025, the Company’s effective income tax rate of 26% differed from the 21% federal corporate income tax rate primarily as a result of state income taxes and the recognition of various discrete tax items. These discrete tax items were not material individually or in the aggregate.
For the 39 weeks ended September 26, 2026, the Company’s effective income tax rate of 24% differed from the 21% federal corporate income tax rate primarily as a result of state income taxes and the recognition of various discrete tax items. These discrete tax items included a tax expense of $4 million related to an unrecognized tax benefit due to tax positions taken in prior years and a tax benefit of $18 million, primarily related to excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation.
For the 39 weeks ended September 27, 2025, the Company’s effective income tax rate of 25% differed from the 21% federal corporate income tax rate primarily as a result of state income taxes and the recognition of various discrete tax items. These discrete tax items included a tax benefit of $8 million, primarily related to excess tax benefits associated with share-based compensation.