Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Aug. 27, 2016	[1]	Aug. 29, 2015
Common Class A [Member]
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, value	$ 1,542,000		$ 1,525,000
Common Class B [Member]
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, value	485,000		485,000
Cash and cash equivalents	363,795,000		276,553,000
Receivables, less reserves of $7,675,000 and $6,007,000 respectively	156,578,000		151,851,000
Inventories	78,887,000		80,449,000
Rental merchandise in service	138,105,000		140,384,000
Prepaid and deferred income taxes	10,418,000		204,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	29,831,000		12,382,000
Total current assets	777,614,000		661,823,000
Property, plant and equipment, net	539,818,000		513,853,000
Goodwill	320,641,000		313,133,000
Customer contracts, net	35,854,000		38,024,000
Other intangible assets, net	2,810,000		2,025,000
Deferred income taxes	97,000		1,475,000
Other assets	25,173,000		2,904,000
Total assets	1,702,007,000		1,533,237,000
Loans payable	0		1,385,000
Accounts payable	50,884,000		50,826,000
Accrued liabilities	100,782,000		113,022,000
Accrued and deferred income taxes	969,000		18,878,000
Total current liabilities	152,635,000		184,111,000
Accrued liabilities	104,921,000		54,566,000
Accrued and deferred income taxes	79,670,000		52,352,000
Total liabilities	337,226,000		291,029,000
Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding	0		0
Capital surplus	72,561,000		67,611,000
Retained earnings	1,319,142,000		1,197,000,000
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(28,949,000)		(24,413,000)
Total shareholders’ equity	1,364,781,000		1,242,208,000
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 1,702,007,000		$ 1,533,237,000

[1] In the second fiscal quarter of 2016, the Company adopted updated accounting guidance on the presentation of deferred income taxes. This adoption required that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company elected to account for this change in presentation prospectively and prior periods were not retroactively adjusted.