Financing (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 30, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt

The Company’s debt consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	August 30, 2014		August 31, 2013
6.500% Senior Notes due January 2014, effective interest rate of 6.63%	$	—	$	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
1.300% Senior Notes due January 2017, effective interest rate of 1.43%		400,000		—
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		300,000
3.125% Senior Notes due July 2023, effective interest rate of 3.26%		500,000		500,000
Commercial paper, weighted average interest rate of 0.27% and 0.29% at August 30, 2014 and August 31, 2013, respectively		893,800		637,000
Total debt		4,343,800		4,187,000
Less: Short-term borrowings		180,910		173,733
Long-term debt Total debt	$	4,162,890	$	4,013,267

Scheduled Maturities of Debt

 Scheduled maturities of debt are as follows:

(in thousands)	Scheduled Maturities
2015	$	1,393,800
2016		500,000
2017		400,000
2018		250,000
2019		—
Thereafter		1,800,000
	$	4,343,800