Business Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Nov. 27, 2016 USD ($)	Aug. 28, 2016 USD ($)	May 29, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 29, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 30, 2015 USD ($)	May 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 27, 2016 USD ($) Regional_Segments	Nov. 29, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of operating segments | Regional_Segments									3
Income before income taxes [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 1,299,541	$ 1,185,111	$ 1,011,587	$ 1,056,500	$ 1,285,226	$ 1,142,012	$ 1,012,180	$ 1,055,075	$ 4,552,739	$ 4,494,493	$ 4,753,992
Total operating income	142,674	144,908	58,038	116,587	161,214	114,773	47,615	107,445	462,207	431,047	313,851
Restructuring, net	(718)	(627)	(191)	1,848	2,725	4,054	2,954	4,338	312	14,071	128,425
Interest expense	(18,687)	(19,170)	(20,411)	(14,902)	(18,851)	(17,138)	(21,913)	(23,312)	(73,170)	(81,214)	(117,597)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt					0	0	(14,002)	0	0	(14,002)	(20,343)
Other income (expense), net	11,468	4,679	4,295	(2,219)	1,272	(8,316)	7,639	(26,028)	18,223	(25,433)	(22,057)
Income before income taxes	135,455	$ 130,417	$ 41,922	$ 99,466	143,635	$ 89,319	$ 19,339	$ 58,105	407,260	310,398	153,854
Total depreciation and amortization expense									103,878	102,044	109,474
Trade receivables, net	479,018				498,196				479,018	498,196
Inventories	716,181				606,859				716,181	606,859
All other assets	1,791,897				1,779,340				1,791,897	1,779,340
Total assets	2,987,096				2,884,395				2,987,096	2,884,395
Total net deferred tax assets	523,101				580,640				523,101	580,640	660,864
Total long-lived assets	419,690				411,820				419,690	411,820	406,836
United States
Income before income taxes [Abstract]
Net revenues									2,302,668	2,380,820	2,490,994
Total net deferred tax assets	444,295				506,675				444,295	506,675	580,122
Total long-lived assets	311,358				322,758				311,358	322,758	322,329
Foreign countries
Income before income taxes [Abstract]
Net revenues									2,250,071	2,113,673	2,262,998
Total net deferred tax assets	78,806				73,965				78,806	73,965	80,742
Total long-lived assets	108,332				89,062				108,332	89,062	84,507
Operating Segments [Member]
Income before income taxes [Abstract]
Total operating income									784,435	829,712	820,611
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Income before income taxes [Abstract]
Total operating income									322,228	398,665	506,760
Restructuring, net									313	14,071	128,425
Restructuring-related charges									7,195	30,736	27,621
Lump-sum pension settlement loss									0	0	30,666
Other corporate staff costs and expenses									314,720	353,858	320,048
Total depreciation and amortization expense									52,772	52,046	50,901
Trade receivables, net	12,191				19,696				12,191	19,696
Inventories	77,895				45,986				77,895	45,986
All other assets	1,791,897				1,779,340				1,791,897	1,779,340
Americas [Member]
Income before income taxes [Abstract]
Total depreciation and amortization expense									30,322	27,558	29,508
Trade receivables, net	326,211				343,808				326,211	343,808
Inventories	391,713				359,879				391,713	359,879
All other assets	0				0				0	0
Americas [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Income before income taxes [Abstract]
Net revenues									2,683,008	2,726,461	2,862,867
Total operating income									482,226	523,705	531,064
Europe [Member]
Income before income taxes [Abstract]
Gain on disposal of assets									6,100	7,500
Total depreciation and amortization expense									12,574	14,985	20,564
Trade receivables, net	94,106				81,079				94,106	81,079
Inventories	125,029				109,604				125,029	109,604
All other assets	0				0				0	0
Europe [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Income before income taxes [Abstract]
Net revenues									1,091,362	1,016,418	1,143,313
Total operating income									197,136	184,362	181,036
Asia Pacific [Member]
Income before income taxes [Abstract]
Total depreciation and amortization expense									8,210	7,455	8,501
Trade receivables, net	46,510				53,613				46,510	53,613
Inventories	121,544				91,390				121,544	91,390
All other assets	$ 0				$ 0				0	0
Asia Pacific [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Income before income taxes [Abstract]
Net revenues									778,369	751,614	747,812
Total operating income									$ 105,073	$ 121,645	$ 108,511