Acquisitions - Schedule of Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	May 27, 2023	Aug. 27, 2022
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 648,404	$ 457,259
Clean Holdco, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Receivables	8,301
Inventories	702
Rental merchandise in service	8,535
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	762
Property, plant and equipment	30,214
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	5,255
Goodwill	187,347
Customer contracts	66,000
Other intangible assets	5,300
Accounts payable	(2,011)
Accrued liabilities	(6,018)
Operating lease liabilities, current	(1,996)
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent	(3,259)
Total Purchase Price	$ 299,132

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