Note 6 - Notes Payable, Long-term Debt and Lines of Credit (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 01, 2018

Notes Tables

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

Long-Term Debt
Long-Term Debt	Weighted-Average Interest Rate at December 1, 2018		Fiscal Year Maturity Date		Balance at December 1, 2018			Balance at December 2, 2017
Revolving credit facility		4.35%		2022	$	-		$	-
Term Loan B 1		4.18%		2024		1,964,250			2,150,000
Public Notes 2		4.11%		2027		300,000			300,000
Other, including debt issuance costs and discount						(31,493	)		(29,558	)
Total debt					$	2,232,757		$	2,420,442
Less: current maturities						(91,225	)		(21,515	)
Total long-term debt, excluding current maturities					$	2,141,532		$	2,398,927

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

Fiscal Year	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		Thereafter
Long-term debt obligations	$	91,225	$	21,500	$	21,500	$	21,500	$	21,500	$	2,087,025

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]

	Committed		Drawn		Unused
Revolving credit facility	$	400,000	$	-	$	393,955