Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 29, 2015	Feb. 28, 2015	Aug. 30, 2014	Mar. 01, 2014
Condensed consolidating balance sheet
Ownership interest (as a percent)	100.00%
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 152,647	$ 115,899	$ 185,758	$ 146,406
Accounts receivable, net	1,872,976	980,904
Inventories, net of LIFO reserve of $1,009,501 and $997,528	2,902,749	2,882,980
Deferred tax assets	17,823	17,823
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	140,939	224,152
Total current assets	5,087,134	4,221,758
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,198,674	2,091,369
Goodwill	1,533,827	76,124
Other intangibles, net	1,225,531	421,480
Deferred tax assets	1,617,311	1,766,349
Other assets	316,754	286,172
Total assets	11,979,231	8,863,252
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt and lease financing obligations	29,002	100,376
Accounts payable	1,594,411	1,133,520
Accrued salaries, wages and other current liabilities	1,703,545	1,193,419
Deferred tax liabilities	57,622	57,685
Total current liabilities	3,384,580	2,485,000
Long-term debt, less current maturities	7,361,079	5,483,415
Lease financing obligations, less current maturities	54,232	61,152
Other noncurrent liabilities	749,637	776,629
Total liabilities	$ 11,549,528	$ 8,806,196
Commitments and contingencies
Total stockholders' equity	$ 429,703	$ 57,056
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	11,979,231	8,863,252
Inventories, LIFO reserve (in dollars)	1,009,501	997,528
Reportable legal entity | Rite Aid Corporation (Parent Company Only)
Current assets:
Investment in subsidiaries	14,527,800
Other assets	103,577
Total assets	14,631,377
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt and lease financing obligations	90
Accrued salaries, wages and other current liabilities	99,971
Total current liabilities	100,061
Long-term debt, less current maturities	7,361,079
Intercompany payable	6,678,421
Other noncurrent liabilities	17,458
Total liabilities	14,157,019
Total stockholders' equity	474,358
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	14,631,377
Inventories, LIFO reserve (in dollars)	0
Reportable legal entity | Subsidiary Guarantors
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	120,905	$ 115,899
Accounts receivable, net	1,299,313
Intercompany receivable	271,673
Inventories, net of LIFO reserve of $1,009,501 and $997,528	2,902,749
Deferred tax assets	17,122
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	137,841
Total current assets	4,749,603
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,198,674
Goodwill	1,533,827
Other intangibles, net	1,117,595
Deferred tax assets	1,617,311
Investment in subsidiaries	129,383
Intercompany receivable	6,678,421
Other assets	206,579
Total assets	18,231,393
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt and lease financing obligations	28,912
Accounts payable	1,593,835
Accrued salaries, wages and other current liabilities	1,281,468
Deferred tax liabilities	57,622
Total current liabilities	2,961,837
Lease financing obligations, less current maturities	54,232
Other noncurrent liabilities	732,179
Total liabilities	3,748,248
Total stockholders' equity	14,483,145
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	18,231,393
Inventories, LIFO reserve (in dollars)	1,009,501
Reportable legal entity | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	31,742
Accounts receivable, net	573,663
Deferred tax assets	701
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	3,098
Total current assets	609,204
Other intangibles, net	107,936
Other assets	6,598
Total assets	723,738
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	576
Intercompany payable	271,673
Accrued salaries, wages and other current liabilities	322,106
Total current liabilities	594,355
Total liabilities	594,355
Total stockholders' equity	129,383
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	723,738
Inventories, LIFO reserve (in dollars)	0
Eliminations
Current assets:
Intercompany receivable	(271,673)
Total current assets	(271,673)
Investment in subsidiaries	(14,657,183)
Intercompany receivable	(6,678,421)
Total assets	(21,607,277)
Current liabilities:
Intercompany payable	(271,673)
Total current liabilities	(271,673)
Intercompany payable	(6,678,421)
Total liabilities	(6,950,094)
Total stockholders' equity	(14,657,183)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	(21,607,277)
Inventories, LIFO reserve (in dollars)	$ 0