17 trends and strategy trends general economic conditions and consumer confidence can affect the frequency of purchases and amounts spent by consumers for food-away-from-home and , in turn , can impact our customers and our sales . consumer confidence has improved since 2008 , however it remains below its historical highs . we believe that the consumer is currently concerned about lingering unemployment levels and lack of growth in personal income . we believe these items and other current general economic conditions , have negatively impacted consumer confidence and contributed to a slow rate of recovery in the foodservice market . while these trends can be cyclical in nature , greater consumer confidence will be required to reverse the trend . according to industry sources , real sales growth for the total foodservice market in the united states is expected to be modest over the long-term . non-traditional competitors are becoming more of a factor in terms of competition within our industry , and consumer spending trends are gradually shifting more to fresh , natural and sustainably-produced products . we believe these industry trends reinforce the need for us to transform our business so that we can be in a position to provide greater value to our customers and reduce our overall cost structure . our gross margin performance has been influenced by multiple factors . our sales growth in fiscal 2013 was greater with our large regional and national customers . gross margin from these types of customers is generally lower than our independent restaurant customers . if sales from our independent restaurant customers do not grow at the same rate or a greater rate than sales from these large regional and national customers , our gross margins may decline . additional pressure exists on our gross margin from competitive pricing pressures . low growth in the foodservice market is contributing to increased competition which is in turn pressuring gross profits . we expect this pricing pressure will likely continue . inflation can be a factor that contributes to gross margin pressure ; however , inflation rates remained relatively stable throughout fiscal 2013 at a rate between 2.0 % to 2.5 % . inflation was present in certain product categories such as poultry and meat , but was not significant in the majority of our product categories . while we can not predict whether inflation will continue at current levels , periods of high inflation , either overall or in certain product categories , can have a negative impact on us and our customers , as high food costs can reduce consumer spending in the food-away-from-home market , and may negatively impact our sales , gross profit , operating income and earnings . we have experienced higher operating expenses this fiscal year as compared to fiscal 2012. our business transformation project has been a primary contributor to this increase . this project is a key part of our strategy to control costs and grow our market share over the long-term . this project includes an integrated software system that went into deployment in august 2012 , resulting in increased deployment expenses and software amortization . in fiscal 2012 , we were still building and testing our software and therefore had a greater amount of capitalized costs . we believe expenses related to the project in fiscal 2014 will be similar to the costs incurred in fiscal 2013. operating expenses have also increased due to provisions related to multiemployer pension plan withdrawals . these pension plan provisions generally occur when a collective bargaining agreement is being renewed . pay-related expenses have increased primarily from acquired companies and within delivery areas of our business , however these have been partially offset by lower costs in the selling and information technology areas due to initiatives from our business transformation project . fuel costs have increased due to both increases diesel prices and gallon usage . our retirement-related expenses consist primarily of costs from our company-sponsored qualified pension plan ( retirement plan ) , our supplement executive retirement plan ( serp ) and our defined contribution plan . the net impact in fiscal 2013 of our retirement-related expenses as compared to fiscal 2012 was an increase of $ 31.3 million . at the end of fiscal 2012 , we decided to freeze future benefit accruals under the retirement plan as of december 31 , 2012 for all united states-based ( u.s.-based ) salaried and non-union hourly employees . effective january 1 , 2013 , these employees were eligible for additional contributions under an enhanced , defined contribution plan . absent the retirement plan freeze discussed above , net company-sponsored pension costs would have increased $ 106.9 million in fiscal 2013 , however because of the freeze the costs decreased as compared to fiscal 2012. our expenses related to our defined contribution plan increased in fiscal 2013. during fiscal 2013 , we approved a plan to restructure our executive nonqualified retirement program , including the serp , by freezing benefits . we believe this restructuring more closely aligns our executive plans with our non-executive plans . as a result of this restructuring , we incurred $ 21.0 million in charges in fiscal 2013. we expect our retirement-related expenses will decrease in the range of $ 75 million to $ 85 million in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013. a greater portion of the decrease will occur in the second half of fiscal 2014 due to operation of our enhanced , defined contribution plan for a one-year period . excluding the $ 21.0 million restructuring charge in fiscal 2013 , the decrease is expected to be $ 50 million to $ 60 million in fiscal 2014. over the long-term , we believe the changes to all of these retirement programs will result in reduced volatility of retirement-related expenses and a reduction in total retirement-related expenses . story_separator_special_tag these increases were partially offset by reduced sales and information 22 technology pay-related expenses as a result of some of our business transformation initiatives . during fiscal 2013 , we streamlined our sales management organization and modified marketing associate compensation plans . we also restructured our information technology department during the mid-point of fiscal 2013 , reducing headcount as a result . our retirement-related expenses consist primarily of costs from our retirement plan , serp and our defined contribution plan . the net impact in fiscal 2013 of our retirement-related expenses as compared to fiscal 2012 was an increase of $ 31.3 million , consisting of $ 48 . 1 million increased costs from the defined contribution plan , a $ 20.8 million decrease in our net company-sponsored pension costs and approximately $ 4 million for other costs . at the end of fiscal 2012 , sysco decided to freeze future benefit accruals under the retirement plan as of december 31 , 2012 for all u.s.-based salaried and non-union hourly employees . effective january 1 , 2013 , these employees were eligible for additional contributions under an enhanced , defined contribution plan . absent the retirement plan freeze , net company-sponsored pension costs would have increased $ 106.9 million in fiscal 2013. during fiscal 2013 , we approved a plan to restructure our executive nonqualified retirement program including the serp and our executive deferred compensation plan . a non-qualified defined contribution plan became effective on january 1 , 2013 as a replacement plan and benefits were frozen under the serp at the end of fiscal 2013. we believe this restructuring more closely aligned our executive plans with our non-executive plans . as a result of this restructuring , we incurred $ 21.0 million in charges in fiscal 2013. we expect our retirement-related expenses in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013 will decrease in the range of $ 75 million to $ 85 million primarily from reduced expenses of our retirement plan , partially offset by increased defined contribution plan expenses . a greater portion of the decrease will occur in the second half of fiscal 2014 due to operation of our enhanced , defined contribution plan for a one-year period . excluding the $ 21.0 million restructuring charge in fiscal 2013 and the decrease in fiscal 2014 is expected to be $ 50 million to $ 60 million . over the long-term , we believe the changes to all of these retirement programs will result in reduced volatility of retirement-related expenses and a reduction in total retirement-related expenses . depreciation and amortization expense increased by $ 95.6 million in fiscal 2013 over fiscal 2012. the increase related to our business transformation project is described above . the remaining increase of $ 36.0 million in fiscal 2013 was primarily related to assets that were not placed in service in fiscal 2012 that were in service in fiscal 2013 , primarily from new facilities , property from new acquisitions and expansions . from time to time , we may voluntarily withdraw from multiemployer pension plans to minimize or limit our future exposure to these plans . in fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2012 , we recorded provisions of $ 41.9 million and $ 21.9 million , respectively , related to multiemployer pension plan withdrawals . fuel costs increased by $ 18.9 million in fiscal 2013 over fiscal 2012. the increase was primarily due to increased contracted diesel prices and increased gallon usage . our costs per gallon increased 2.8 % in fiscal 2013 over fiscal 2012. our activities to mitigate fuel costs include reducing miles driven by our trucks through improved routing techniques , improving fleet utilization by adjusting idling time and maximum speeds and using fuel surcharges . we routinely enter into forward purchase commitments for a portion of our projected monthly diesel fuel requirements with a goal of mitigating a portion of the volatility in fuel prices . our fuel commitments will result in either additional fuel costs or avoided fuel costs based on the comparison of the prices on the fixed price contracts and market prices for the respective periods . in fiscal 2013 , the forward purchase commitments resulted in an estimated $ 17.8 million of avoided fuel costs as the fixed price contracts were generally lower than market prices for the contracted volumes . in fiscal 2012 , the forward purchase commitments resulted in an estimated $ 20.2 million of avoided fuel costs as the fixed price contracts were generally lower than market prices for the contracted volumes . as of june 29 , 2013 , we had forward diesel fuel commitments totaling approximately $ 204.0 million through august 2014. these contracts will lock in the price of approximately 60 % to 65 % of our fuel purchase needs for the remainder of the fiscal year at prices slightly lower than the current market price for diesel . assuming that fuel prices do not rise significantly over recent levels during fiscal 2014 , fuel costs , exclusive of any amounts recovered through fuel surcharges , are expected to increase by approximately $ 10 to $ 20 million as compared to fiscal 2013. our estimate is based upon current , published quarterly market price projections for diesel , the cost committed to in our forward fuel purchase agreements currently in place for fiscal 2014 and estimates of fuel consumption . actual fuel costs could vary from our estimates if any of these assumptions change , in particular if future fuel prices vary significantly from our current estimates . we continue to evaluate all opportunities to offset potential increases in fuel expense , including the use of fuel surcharges and overall expense management . we also measure our expense performance on a cost per case basis . this metric is calculated by taking the total operating expense of our broadline companies , excluding charges multiemployer pension plans and severance charges , divided by the number of cases sold .

debt activity and borrowing availability short-term borrowings we have uncommitted bank lines of credit , which provided for unsecured borrowings for working capital of u p to $ 95.0 mi llion , of whic h none was outstanding as of june 29 , 2013. outstanding borrowings under this facility were $ 4.0 million as of augu st 14 , 2013 . in september 2012 , the company 's irish subsidiary , pallas foods , entered into a 75.0 million ( euro ) multicurrency revolving credit facility , which will be utilized for capital needs for the company 's european subsidiaries . this facility replaces the subsidiary 's 36 previous 10.0 mi llion ( euro ) committed facility for unsecured borrowings . the new facility provides for unsecured borrowings and expires september 25 , 2013 , but is subject to extension . outstanding borrowings under this facility wer e 32.0 mi llion ( euro ) as of june 29 , 2013 , located within notes payable on the consolidated balance sheet . outstanding borrowings under this facility were 32.0 million ( euro ) as of august 14 , 2013. on june 30 , 2011 , a canadian subsidiary of sysco entered into a short-term demand loan facility for the purpose of facilitating a distribution from the canadian subsidiary to sysco , and sysco concurrently entered into an agreement with the bank to guarantee the loan . the amount borrowed was $ 182.0 million and was repaid in full on july 4 , 2011. commercial paper and revolving credit facility we have a board-approved commercial paper program allowing us to issue short-term unsecured notes in an aggregate amount not to exceed $ 1.3 billion . in december 2011 , we terminated our previously existing revolving credit facility that supported the company 's u.s. and canadian commercial paper programs . at the same time , sysco and one of its subsidiaries , sysco international , ulc , entered into a new $ 1.0 billion credit facility supporting the company 's u.s. and canadian commercial paper programs . this facility provides for borrowings in both u.s. and canadian dollars .


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     ```debt activity and borrowing availability short-term borrowings we have uncommitted bank lines of credit , which provided for unsecured borrowings for working capital of u p to $ 95.0 mi llion , of whic h none was outstanding as of june 29 , 2013. outstanding borrowings under this facility were $ 4.0 million as of augu st 14 , 2013 . in september 2012 , the company 's irish subsidiary , pallas foods , entered into a 75.0 million ( euro ) multicurrency revolving credit facility , which will be utilized for capital needs for the company 's european subsidiaries . this facility replaces the subsidiary 's 36 previous 10.0 mi llion ( euro ) committed facility for unsecured borrowings . the new facility provides for unsecured borrowings and expires september 25 , 2013 , but is subject to extension . outstanding borrowings under this facility wer e 32.0 mi llion ( euro ) as of june 29 , 2013 , located within notes payable on the consolidated balance sheet . outstanding borrowings under this facility were 32.0 million ( euro ) as of august 14 , 2013. on june 30 , 2011 , a canadian subsidiary of sysco entered into a short-term demand loan facility for the purpose of facilitating a distribution from the canadian subsidiary to sysco , and sysco concurrently entered into an agreement with the bank to guarantee the loan . the amount borrowed was $ 182.0 million and was repaid in full on july 4 , 2011. commercial paper and revolving credit facility we have a board-approved commercial paper program allowing us to issue short-term unsecured notes in an aggregate amount not to exceed $ 1.3 billion . in december 2011 , we terminated our previously existing revolving credit facility that supported the company 's u.s. and canadian commercial paper programs . at the same time , sysco and one of its subsidiaries , sysco international , ulc , entered into a new $ 1.0 billion credit facility supporting the company 's u.s. and canadian commercial paper programs . this facility provides for borrowings in both u.s. and canadian dollars .
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 Suspicious Activity Report : 17 trends and strategy trends general economic conditions and consumer confidence can affect the frequency of purchases and amounts spent by consumers for food-away-from-home and , in turn , can impact our customers and our sales . consumer confidence has improved since 2008 , however it remains below its historical highs . we believe that the consumer is currently concerned about lingering unemployment levels and lack of growth in personal income . we believe these items and other current general economic conditions , have negatively impacted consumer confidence and contributed to a slow rate of recovery in the foodservice market . while these trends can be cyclical in nature , greater consumer confidence will be required to reverse the trend . according to industry sources , real sales growth for the total foodservice market in the united states is expected to be modest over the long-term . non-traditional competitors are becoming more of a factor in terms of competition within our industry , and consumer spending trends are gradually shifting more to fresh , natural and sustainably-produced products . we believe these industry trends reinforce the need for us to transform our business so that we can be in a position to provide greater value to our customers and reduce our overall cost structure . our gross margin performance has been influenced by multiple factors . our sales growth in fiscal 2013 was greater with our large regional and national customers . gross margin from these types of customers is generally lower than our independent restaurant customers . if sales from our independent restaurant customers do not grow at the same rate or a greater rate than sales from these large regional and national customers , our gross margins may decline . additional pressure exists on our gross margin from competitive pricing pressures . low growth in the foodservice market is contributing to increased competition which is in turn pressuring gross profits . we expect this pricing pressure will likely continue . inflation can be a factor that contributes to gross margin pressure ; however , inflation rates remained relatively stable throughout fiscal 2013 at a rate between 2.0 % to 2.5 % . inflation was present in certain product categories such as poultry and meat , but was not significant in the majority of our product categories . while we can not predict whether inflation will continue at current levels , periods of high inflation , either overall or in certain product categories , can have a negative impact on us and our customers , as high food costs can reduce consumer spending in the food-away-from-home market , and may negatively impact our sales , gross profit , operating income and earnings . we have experienced higher operating expenses this fiscal year as compared to fiscal 2012. our business transformation project has been a primary contributor to this increase . this project is a key part of our strategy to control costs and grow our market share over the long-term . this project includes an integrated software system that went into deployment in august 2012 , resulting in increased deployment expenses and software amortization . in fiscal 2012 , we were still building and testing our software and therefore had a greater amount of capitalized costs . we believe expenses related to the project in fiscal 2014 will be similar to the costs incurred in fiscal 2013. operating expenses have also increased due to provisions related to multiemployer pension plan withdrawals . these pension plan provisions generally occur when a collective bargaining agreement is being renewed . pay-related expenses have increased primarily from acquired companies and within delivery areas of our business , however these have been partially offset by lower costs in the selling and information technology areas due to initiatives from our business transformation project . fuel costs have increased due to both increases diesel prices and gallon usage . our retirement-related expenses consist primarily of costs from our company-sponsored qualified pension plan ( retirement plan ) , our supplement executive retirement plan ( serp ) and our defined contribution plan . the net impact in fiscal 2013 of our retirement-related expenses as compared to fiscal 2012 was an increase of $ 31.3 million . at the end of fiscal 2012 , we decided to freeze future benefit accruals under the retirement plan as of december 31 , 2012 for all united states-based ( u.s.-based ) salaried and non-union hourly employees . effective january 1 , 2013 , these employees were eligible for additional contributions under an enhanced , defined contribution plan . absent the retirement plan freeze discussed above , net company-sponsored pension costs would have increased $ 106.9 million in fiscal 2013 , however because of the freeze the costs decreased as compared to fiscal 2012. our expenses related to our defined contribution plan increased in fiscal 2013. during fiscal 2013 , we approved a plan to restructure our executive nonqualified retirement program , including the serp , by freezing benefits . we believe this restructuring more closely aligns our executive plans with our non-executive plans . as a result of this restructuring , we incurred $ 21.0 million in charges in fiscal 2013. we expect our retirement-related expenses will decrease in the range of $ 75 million to $ 85 million in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013. a greater portion of the decrease will occur in the second half of fiscal 2014 due to operation of our enhanced , defined contribution plan for a one-year period . excluding the $ 21.0 million restructuring charge in fiscal 2013 , the decrease is expected to be $ 50 million to $ 60 million in fiscal 2014. over the long-term , we believe the changes to all of these retirement programs will result in reduced volatility of retirement-related expenses and a reduction in total retirement-related expenses . story_separator_special_tag these increases were partially offset by reduced sales and information 22 technology pay-related expenses as a result of some of our business transformation initiatives . during fiscal 2013 , we streamlined our sales management organization and modified marketing associate compensation plans . we also restructured our information technology department during the mid-point of fiscal 2013 , reducing headcount as a result . our retirement-related expenses consist primarily of costs from our retirement plan , serp and our defined contribution plan . the net impact in fiscal 2013 of our retirement-related expenses as compared to fiscal 2012 was an increase of $ 31.3 million , consisting of $ 48 . 1 million increased costs from the defined contribution plan , a $ 20.8 million decrease in our net company-sponsored pension costs and approximately $ 4 million for other costs . at the end of fiscal 2012 , sysco decided to freeze future benefit accruals under the retirement plan as of december 31 , 2012 for all u.s.-based salaried and non-union hourly employees . effective january 1 , 2013 , these employees were eligible for additional contributions under an enhanced , defined contribution plan . absent the retirement plan freeze , net company-sponsored pension costs would have increased $ 106.9 million in fiscal 2013. during fiscal 2013 , we approved a plan to restructure our executive nonqualified retirement program including the serp and our executive deferred compensation plan . a non-qualified defined contribution plan became effective on january 1 , 2013 as a replacement plan and benefits were frozen under the serp at the end of fiscal 2013. we believe this restructuring more closely aligned our executive plans with our non-executive plans . as a result of this restructuring , we incurred $ 21.0 million in charges in fiscal 2013. we expect our retirement-related expenses in fiscal 2014 as compared to fiscal 2013 will decrease in the range of $ 75 million to $ 85 million primarily from reduced expenses of our retirement plan , partially offset by increased defined contribution plan expenses . a greater portion of the decrease will occur in the second half of fiscal 2014 due to operation of our enhanced , defined contribution plan for a one-year period . excluding the $ 21.0 million restructuring charge in fiscal 2013 and the decrease in fiscal 2014 is expected to be $ 50 million to $ 60 million . over the long-term , we believe the changes to all of these retirement programs will result in reduced volatility of retirement-related expenses and a reduction in total retirement-related expenses . depreciation and amortization expense increased by $ 95.6 million in fiscal 2013 over fiscal 2012. the increase related to our business transformation project is described above . the remaining increase of $ 36.0 million in fiscal 2013 was primarily related to assets that were not placed in service in fiscal 2012 that were in service in fiscal 2013 , primarily from new facilities , property from new acquisitions and expansions . from time to time , we may voluntarily withdraw from multiemployer pension plans to minimize or limit our future exposure to these plans . in fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2012 , we recorded provisions of $ 41.9 million and $ 21.9 million , respectively , related to multiemployer pension plan withdrawals . fuel costs increased by $ 18.9 million in fiscal 2013 over fiscal 2012. the increase was primarily due to increased contracted diesel prices and increased gallon usage . our costs per gallon increased 2.8 % in fiscal 2013 over fiscal 2012. our activities to mitigate fuel costs include reducing miles driven by our trucks through improved routing techniques , improving fleet utilization by adjusting idling time and maximum speeds and using fuel surcharges . we routinely enter into forward purchase commitments for a portion of our projected monthly diesel fuel requirements with a goal of mitigating a portion of the volatility in fuel prices . our fuel commitments will result in either additional fuel costs or avoided fuel costs based on the comparison of the prices on the fixed price contracts and market prices for the respective periods . in fiscal 2013 , the forward purchase commitments resulted in an estimated $ 17.8 million of avoided fuel costs as the fixed price contracts were generally lower than market prices for the contracted volumes . in fiscal 2012 , the forward purchase commitments resulted in an estimated $ 20.2 million of avoided fuel costs as the fixed price contracts were generally lower than market prices for the contracted volumes . as of june 29 , 2013 , we had forward diesel fuel commitments totaling approximately $ 204.0 million through august 2014. these contracts will lock in the price of approximately 60 % to 65 % of our fuel purchase needs for the remainder of the fiscal year at prices slightly lower than the current market price for diesel . assuming that fuel prices do not rise significantly over recent levels during fiscal 2014 , fuel costs , exclusive of any amounts recovered through fuel surcharges , are expected to increase by approximately $ 10 to $ 20 million as compared to fiscal 2013. our estimate is based upon current , published quarterly market price projections for diesel , the cost committed to in our forward fuel purchase agreements currently in place for fiscal 2014 and estimates of fuel consumption . actual fuel costs could vary from our estimates if any of these assumptions change , in particular if future fuel prices vary significantly from our current estimates . we continue to evaluate all opportunities to offset potential increases in fuel expense , including the use of fuel surcharges and overall expense management . we also measure our expense performance on a cost per case basis . this metric is calculated by taking the total operating expense of our broadline companies , excluding charges multiemployer pension plans and severance charges , divided by the number of cases sold .

