Note 7 - Notes Payable, Long-Term Debt and Lines of Credit (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 28, 2015

Notes Tables

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

	Weighted-Average
	Interest Rate at		Fiscal Year
Long-Term Debt	November 28, 2015		Maturity Date		2015			2014
Revolving credit line		1.33%		2019	$	-		$	143,000
Term Loan		1.44%		2019		288,750			-
Senior Notes, Series A 1		2.24%		2017		17,419			17,805
Senior Notes, Series B 2		2.12%		2017		33,982			34,738
Senior Notes, Series C 3		3.34%		2020		36,955			37,192
Senior Notes, Series D 4		5.61%		2020		65,000			65,000
Senior Notes, Series E 5		4.12%		2022		250,000			250,000
Total debt					$	692,106		$	547,735
Less: current maturities						(22,500	)		-
Total long-term debt, excluding current maturities					$	669,606		$	547,735

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]

Term	Committed		Drawn		Unused
Long-term lines of credit	$	300,000	$	-	$	300,000

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

Fiscal Year	2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		Thereafter
Long-term debt obligations	$	22,500	$	81,401	$	37,500	$	198,750	$	101,955	$	250,000