Financing (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt

The Company’s debt consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	August 31, 2013		August 25, 2012
5.875% Senior Notes due October 2012, effective interest rate of 6.33%	$	—	$	300,000
4.375% Senior Notes due June 2013, effective interest rate of 5.65%		—		200,000
6.500% Senior Notes due January 2014, effective interest rate of 6.63%		500,000		500,000
5.750% Senior Notes due January 2015, effective interest rate of 5.89%		500,000		500,000
5.500% Senior Notes due November 2015, effective interest rate of 4.86%		300,000		300,000
6.950% Senior Notes due June 2016, effective interest rate of 7.09%		200,000		200,000
7.125% Senior Notes due August 2018, effective interest rate of 7.28%		250,000		250,000
4.000% Senior Notes due November 2020, effective interest rate of 4.43%		500,000		500,000
3.700% Senior Notes due April 2022, effective interest rate of 3.85%		500,000		500,000
2.875% Senior Notes due January 2023, effective interest rate of 3.21%		300,000		—
3.125% Senior Notes due July 2023, effective interest rate of 3.26%		500,000		—
Commercial paper, weighted average interest rate of 0.29% and 0.42% at August 31, 2013 and August 25, 2012, respectively		637,000		513,402
Unsecured, peso denominated borrowings, weighted average interest rate of 4.57% at August 25, 2012		—		4,781
Total debt		4,187,000		3,768,183
Less: Short-term borrowings		173,733		49,881
Long-term debt	$	4,013,267	$	3,718,302

Scheduled Maturities of Long-Term Debt

Scheduled maturities of long-term debt are as follows:

(in thousands)	Scheduled Maturities
2014	$	963,267
2015		500,000
2016		500,000
2017		—
2018		250,000
Thereafter		1,800,000
	$	4,013,267