SUMMARY OF QUARTERLY RESULTS (UNAUDITED) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 02, 2013

SUMMARY OF QUARTERLY RESULTS (UNAUDITED)

Summary of quarterly results (unaudited)

	FISCAL 2012 QUARTER ENDED								FISCAL 2011 QUARTER ENDED
(in thousands, except per share data)	May 26, 2012		August 25, 2012		November 24, 2012		March 2, 2013		May 28, 2011		August 27, 2011		November 26, 2011		February 25, 2012
Net sales	$	2,218,292	$	2,593,015	$	2,701,801	$	3,401,477	$	2,109,951	$	2,314,064	$	2,343,561	$	2,732,314
Gross profit	887,199		1,032,669		1,074,010		1,394,877		857,572		950,999		958,693		1,163,669
Operating profit	313,398		365,137		361,649		598,034		288,948		371,636		357,020		550,765
Earnings before provision for income taxes	312,342		365,406		358,527		597,784		289,500		369,764		356,418		553,806
Provision for income taxes	105,506		141,076		125,777		223,912		108,922		140,392		127,874		202,763
Net earnings	$	206,836	$	224,330	$	232,750	$	373,872	$	180,578	$	229,372	$	228,544	$	351,043
EPS-Basic (1)	$	0.90	$	0.99	$	1.04	$	1.70	$	0.74	$	0.94	$	0.96	$	1.50
EPS-Diluted (1)	$	0.89	$	0.98	$	1.03	$	1.68	$	0.72	$	0.93	$	0.95	$	1.48

(1) Net earnings per share (“EPS”) amounts for each quarter are required to be computed independently and may not equal the amount computed for the total year.