Employee Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Aug. 28, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure

Employee Benefit Plans

We have employee retirement plans at our U.S. and international sites.  Details of the more significant plans are discussed as follows:

Employee Savings Plan for U.S. Employees

We have 401(k) retirement plans ("RAM Plans") under which U.S. employees may contribute up to 75% of their eligible pay (subject to IRS annual contribution limits) to various savings alternatives, none of which include direct investment in our stock.  We match in cash eligible contributions from employees up to 5% of the employee's annual eligible earnings. Contribution expense for the RAM Plans was $44 million, $41 million and $41 million in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Retirement Plans

We have pension plans in various countries.  The pension plans are only available to local employees and are generally government mandated.  As of August 28, 2014, the projected benefit obligations of our plans was $164 million and plan assets were $90 million. As of August 29, 2013, the projected benefit obligations of our plans was $196 million and plan assets were $116 million. Pension expense was not significant for 2014, 2013 or 2012.