CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 01, 2013	Jun. 02, 2012
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Revenues	$ 6,293,057	$ 6,468,287
Costs and expenses:
Cost of goods sold	4,472,066	4,719,516
Selling, general and administrative expenses	1,609,261	1,688,066
Lease termination and impairment charges	10,972	12,143
Interest expense	113,064	130,588
Loss on debt retirements, net		17,842
Gain on sale of assets, net	(5,180)	(10,051)
Total costs and expenses	6,200,183	6,558,104
Income (loss) before income taxes	92,874	(89,817)
Income tax expense (benefit)	3,212	(61,729)
Net income (loss)	89,662	(28,088)
Computation of income (loss) attributable to common stockholders:
Net income (loss)	89,662	(28,088)
Accretion of redeemable preferred stock	(25)	(25)
Cumulative preferred stock dividends	(2,732)	(2,574)
Income (loss) attributable to common stockholders-basic	86,905	(30,687)
Add back-interest on convertible notes	1,364
Add back-cumulative preferred stock dividends	2,732
Income (loss) attributable to common stockholders-diluted	$ 91,001	$ (30,687)
Basic income (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10	$ (0.03)
Diluted income (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.09	$ (0.03)