Income Taxes (Schedule Of Foreign And Domestic Income Taxes) (Details) (USD $) In Millions	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	May 08, 2011		Feb. 13, 2011		Nov. 21, 2010		May 09, 2010	Feb. 14, 2010	Nov. 22, 2009	Aug. 28, 2011		Aug. 29, 2010	Aug. 28, 2011		Aug. 29, 2010	Aug. 30, 2009
Income Taxes
Federal: Current													$ 409		$ 445	$ 396
Federal: Deferred													74		1	67
Total federal													483		446	463
State: Current													78		79	66
State: Deferred													14		5	12
Total state													92		84	78
Foreign: Current													270		200	94
Foreign: Deferred													(4)		1	(7)
Total foreign													266		201	87
Total provision for income taxes	$ 193	[1]	$ 204	[1]	$ 172	[1]	$ 163	$ 169	$ 152	$ 272	[1]	$ 247	$ 841	[1]	$ 731	$ 628

[1] As discussed in Note 1, the Company began consolidating Mexico on August 30, 2010.