Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 26, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term and short-term debt instruments

	August 26, 2012		November 27, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Long-term debt
Secured:
Senior revolving credit facility	$	—	$	100,000
Unsecured:
Senior term loan due 2014	324,323		324,032
8.875% senior notes due 2016	—		350,000
4.25% Yen-denominated Eurobonds due 2016	50,962		118,243
7.75% Euro senior notes due 2018	376,920		400,350
7.625% senior notes due 2020	525,000		525,000
6.875% senior notes due 2022	385,000		—
Total unsecured	1,662,205		1,717,625
Total long-term debt	$	1,662,205	$	1,817,625
Short-term debt
Senior revolving credit facility	$	—	$	100,000
Short-term borrowings	62,549		54,747
Total short-term debt	$	62,549	$	154,747
Total long-term and short-term debt	$	1,724,754	$	1,972,372