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Weis Markets Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/27/20 – ‘JSON’

On:  Wednesday, 8/5/20, at 3:16pm ET   ·   For:  6/27/20   ·   Accession #:  105418-20-21   ·   File #:  1-05039

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/05/20  Weis Markets Inc.                 10-Q        6/27/20   50:5.9M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Weis Markets, Inc. 10Q 02 2020                      HTML    711K 
 2: EX-31.1     Weis Markets, Inc. 10Q 02 2020 Exhibit 31.1         HTML     21K 
 3: EX-31.2     Weis Markets, Inc. 10Q 02 2020 Exhibit 31.2         HTML     21K 
 4: EX-32       Weis Markets, Inc. 10Q 02 2020 Exhibit 32           HTML     16K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     69K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML     95K 
13: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     27K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML     46K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     33K 
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     20K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     38K 
18: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     77K 
19: R9          Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows               HTML     19K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
20: R10         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     18K 
21: R11         Current Relevant Accounting Standards               HTML     18K 
22: R12         Marketable Securities                               HTML    152K 
23: R13         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML     81K 
24: R14         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     21K 
25: R15         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML    129K 
26: R16         Leases                                              HTML     55K 
27: R17         Prior Year Reclassification                         HTML    130K 
28: R18         Covid-19                                            HTML     18K 
29: R19         Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)            HTML     17K 
30: R20         Current Relevant Accounting Standards (Policy)      HTML     17K 
31: R21         Marketable Securities (Tables)                      HTML    140K 
32: R22         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)     HTML     81K 
33: R23         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML    126K 
34: R24         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     50K 
35: R25         Prior Year Reclassification (Tables)                HTML    128K 
36: R26         Marketable Securities (Narrative) (Details)         HTML     19K 
37: R27         Marketable Securities (Schedule Of Marketable       HTML     35K 
                Securities) (Details)                                            
38: R28         Marketable Securities (Schedule Of Maturities of    HTML     36K 
                Marketable Securities) (Details)                                 
39: R29         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Schedule    HTML     28K 
                Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income)                       
                (Details)                                                        
40: R30         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Schedule    HTML     29K 
                Of Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other                    
                Comprehensive Income) (Details)                                  
41: R31         Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details)                HTML     34K 
42: R32         Revenue Recognition (Schedule Of Sales By Type Of   HTML     35K 
                Product) (Details)                                               
43: R33         Leases (Narrative) (Details)                        HTML     22K 
44: R34         Leases (Schedule Of Lease Costs) (Details)          HTML     24K 
45: R35         Prior Year Reclassification (Narrative) (Details)   HTML     19K 
46: R36         Prior Year Reclassification (Summary Of Effect Of   HTML     39K 
                Reclassifications) (Details)                                     
48: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     85K 
10: XML         XBRL Instance -- wmk-20200627x10q_htm                XML   1.43M 
47: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     44K 
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50: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000105418-20-000021-xbrl      Zip    121K 


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