Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 03, 2011	Nov. 27, 2010	Nov. 28, 2009
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net revenue	$ 1,557,552	$ 1,356,161	$ 1,234,659
Cost of sales	(1,110,462)	(958,980)	(863,357)
Gross profit	447,090	397,181	371,302
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(318,046)	(292,836)	(264,141)
Special charges	(7,499)	0	0
Asset impairment charges	(332)	(8,785)	(790)
Other income (expense), net	4,590	2,572	15,983
Interest expense	(10,811)	(10,414)	(7,734)
Income before income taxes and income from equity method investments	114,992	87,718	114,620
Income taxes	(34,951)	(25,307)	(36,728)
Income from equity method investments	9,006	8,008	5,794
Net income including non-controlling interests	89,047	70,419	83,686
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests	58	458	(32)
Net income attributable to H.B. Fuller	$ 89,105	$ 70,877	$ 83,654
Earnings per share attributable to H.B. Fuller common stockholders:
Basic	$ 1.82	$ 1.46	$ 1.73
Diluted	$ 1.79	$ 1.43	$ 1.70
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Basic	48,991,000	48,599,000	48,325,000
Diluted	49,866,000	49,608,000	49,117,000
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.295	$ 0.278	$ 0.270