Note 5 - Loans Payable and Long-term Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2013

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

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

	August 31, 2013		August 25, 2012
Series D, floating rate notes due September 2013 bearing interest at LIBOR plus 50 basis points, which was 0.77% and 0.97% as of August 31, 2013 and August 25, 2012, respectively.	$	100,000	$	100,000
Other		11,408		6,986
Long-term debt		111,408		106,986
Less – loans payable and current maturities of long-term debt		111,253		6,831
	$	155	$	100,155

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]

2014	$	111,253
2015		—
2016		—
2017		—
2018		—
Thereafter		155
Total	$	111,408