Segment Information (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended
Nov. 29, 2014 Segment SupportCenter Location State DistributionCenter
Number of states in which the company operates	46
Number of supporting distribution centers	11fdo_NumberOfDistributionCenters
Number of store support centers	1fdo_NumberOfStoreSupportCenters
Number of franchised locations	0fdo_NumberOfFranchisedLocations
Number of operating segments	1us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Number of Reportable Segments	1us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Minimum [Member]
Number of stores	8,100

Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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