Consolidated Condensed Statements Of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Nov. 29, 2014	Nov. 30, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net Sales	$ 2,556,422us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 2,499,691us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Cost of Goods Sold	1,703,475us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	1,642,850us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Selling, General and Administrative Expense	773,427	736,522
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs	8,861	0
Cost of sales and operating expenses	2,485,763us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses	2,379,372us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Operating profit	70,659us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	120,319us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Investment Income, Net	30us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet	58us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet
Interest Expense	7,660us-gaap_InterestExpense	6,923us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other income	7,964us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncome	7,406us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncome
Income before income taxes	70,993	120,860
Income taxes	29,616us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	42,833us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income	$ 41,377us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 78,027us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net income per common share-basic	$ 0.36us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 0.68us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic	114,157	114,581
Net income per common share - diluted	$ 0.36us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 0.68us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted	114,475	115,084
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared	$ 0.31	$ 0.26

This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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-Section 25

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