Incentive Plans and Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Aug. 29, 2015	Nov. 29, 2014
Employee and Non-Employee Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares authorized	6,600,000
Number of years which shares can be granted under the Plan	10 years
Expiration period and term of equity award in years	10 years
Annual vesting percentage	25.00%
Vesting period	4 years
Unrecognized compensation cost related to share-based arrangements which the Company expects to recognize	$ 3,468
Weighted-average period in years, over which the Company expects to recognize compensation cost related to share-based arrangements	2 years 1 month 25 days
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	4 years
Unrecognized compensation cost related to share-based arrangements which the Company expects to recognize	$ 1,350
Weighted-average period in years, over which the Company expects to recognize compensation cost related to share-based arrangements	2 years 10 months 25 days
Number of vested and deferred shares	7,997	19,457
Restricted Stock Unit Awards with Performance Conditions [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Unrecognized compensation cost related to share-based arrangements which the Company expects to recognize	$ 654
Weighted-average period in years, over which the Company expects to recognize compensation cost related to share-based arrangements	2 years 3 months
Operating profit margin period	3 years
Director [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual retainer option	1 year
Share sales restriction period	6 months

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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