Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 03, 2016

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Provision For Income Taxes

	For the Fiscal Years Ended
	September 3,		August 29,		August 30,
	2016		2015		2014
Current:
Federal	$	109,699	$	109,575	$	115,186
State and local		15,621		17,339		16,528
		125,320		126,914		131,714
Deferred:
Federal		13,993		13,987		10,369
State and local		1,202		932		1,375
		15,195		14,919		11,744
Total	$	140,515	$	141,833	$	143,458

Components Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

	September 3,		August 29,
	2016		2015
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation	$	(53,580)	$	(51,204)
Deferred catalog costs		(1,347)		(1,155)
Goodwill		(88,607)		(73,996)
		(143,534)		(126,355)
Deferred tax assets:
Accounts receivable		4,089		3,807
Inventory		9,995		9,036
Deferred compensation		1,710		2,409
Stock based compensation		9,813		9,831
Intangible amortization		11,933		11,788
Other		9,087		7,772
		46,627		44,643
Net Deferred Tax Liabilities	$	(96,907)	$	(81,712)

Reconciliation Of Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate To Effective Tax Rate

	For the Fiscal Years Ended
	September 3,		August 29,		August 30,
	2016		2015		2014
U.S. Federal statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit	3.0		3.1		3.1
Other, net	(0.2)		(0.1)		(0.3)
Effective income tax rate	37.8	%	38.0	%	37.8	%

Changes In Gross Unrecognized Tax Benefits

	September 3,		August 29,
	2016		2015
Beginning Balance	$	10,333	$	9,350
Additions for tax positions relating to current year		2,745		2,617
Additions for tax positions relating to prior years		—		104
Settlements		(174)		(41)
Lapse of statute of limitations		(2,294)		(1,697)
Ending Balance	$	10,610	$	10,333