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CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (UNAUDITED) (USD $)
In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Nov. 30, 2013
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (UNAUDITED) [Abstract]    
Net sales $ 19,554us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 18,329us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Cost of sales 14,258us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold 13,177us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Gross Profit 5,296us-gaap_GrossProfit 5,152us-gaap_GrossProfit
Selling, general and administrative expenses 4,456us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 4,379us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Equity earnings in Alliance Boots 151wag_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestment 151wag_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestment
Operating Income 991us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 924us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense, net 55us-gaap_InterestExpense 41us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other income 199us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense 225us-gaap_OtherNoncashIncomeExpense
Earnings Before Income Tax Provision 1,135us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 1,108us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax provision 299us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 404us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net Earnings 836us-gaap_ProfitLoss 704us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests 27us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 9us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net Earnings Attributable to Walgreen Co. $ 809us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 695us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net earnings per common share attributable to Walgreen Co. - basic (in dollars per share) $ 0.86us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.73us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Net earnings per common share attributable to Walgreen Co. - diluted (in dollars per share) $ 0.85us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.72us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Dividends declared (in dollars per share) $ 0.3375us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.3150us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
Average shares outstanding (in shares) 945.8us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted 949.3us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted
Dilutive effect of stock options (in shares) 10.2us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment 12.2us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment
Average diluted shares (in shares) 956.0us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 961.5us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding