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Pension and Savings Plans (Details Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Pension and Savings Plans (Details Textuals) (USD $)	Aug. 27, 2011 Year ReportableSegment Plaintiffs OperatingSegment LegalMatter Manager SecuritiesHold Store Strategy DerivativeInstrument	Aug. 28, 2010	Aug. 29, 2009	Aug. 25, 2012 Scenario, Forecast [Member]	Aug. 27, 2011 Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets	8.00%	8.00%	8.00%	7.50%	8.00%
Pension and Savings Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Number of consecutive years of highest compensation used to determine defined benefit pension plan benefits	5 years
Pension plan asset constituted in alternate investment strategies	Less than 5%
Hedge fund managers diversified over hedge strategies	16
Different hedge strategies	9
Annual contributions by the Company to pension plans	$ 34,076,000	$ 12,000	$ 18,000
Expected contributions to the plan during the remainder of fiscal 2011	7,000,000
Cash contribution in asset allocation	28,300,000
Percentage of company matching retirement savings plan contributions that vest immediately	100.00%
Percentage of savings option up to qualified earnings	25.00%
Annual Contribution by employer towards 401(k) Plan	$ 13,300,000	$ 11,700,000	$ 11,000,000