Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Dec. 02, 2023	Dec. 03, 2022
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Unrecognized tax benefits, period increase (decrease)	$ 0
Effective tax rate	24.30%	24.70%
Coronavirus Aid Relief And Economic Security Act
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Liability for funds received but probably threshold not met	$ 5,129,000

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in unrecognized tax benefits attributable to uncertain tax positions taken in tax returns.

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