Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Financial Information - Statement of Cash Flow (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	May 28, 2016	May 30, 2015
Operating activities:
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	$ 159,944	$ 367,835
Investing activities:
Payments for property, plant and equipment	(106,077)	(141,037)
Intangible assets acquired	(16,381)	(14,293)
Proceeds from dispositions of assets and investments	3,088	2,838
Net cash used in investing activities	(119,370)	(152,492)
Financing activities:
Net payments on revolver	(20,000)	(141,000)
Principal payments on long-term debt	(5,721)	(5,577)
Change in zero balance cash accounts	2,262	(34,275)
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	2,371	3,378
Excess tax benefit on stock options and restricted stock	883	2,820
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(20,205)	1,590,887
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	20,369	1,806,230
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	124,471	115,899
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	144,840	$ 1,922,129
Reportable legal entity | Rite Aid Corporation (Parent Company Only)
Operating activities:
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(67,457)
Financing activities:
Net payments on revolver	(20,000)
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	2,371
Intercompany activity	85,086
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	67,457
Reportable legal entity | Subsidiary Guarantors
Operating activities:
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	222,434
Investing activities:
Payments for property, plant and equipment	(106,077)
Intangible assets acquired	(16,381)
Intercompany activity	(85,086)
Proceeds from dispositions of assets and investments	3,088
Net cash used in investing activities	(204,456)
Financing activities:
Principal payments on long-term debt	(5,721)
Change in zero balance cash accounts	2,262
Excess tax benefit on stock options and restricted stock	883
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(2,576)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	15,402
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	90,569
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	105,971
Reportable legal entity | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Operating activities:
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	4,967
Financing activities:
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	4,967
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	33,902
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	38,869
Eliminations
Investing activities:
Intercompany activity	85,086
Net cash used in investing activities	85,086
Financing activities:
Intercompany activity	(85,086)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	$ (85,086)