Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 30, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

The components of the provision (benefit) for income taxes are as follows:

	Year Ended
(In thousands)	August 30, 2014			August 31, 2013			August 25, 2012
Current
Federal	$	17,923		$	10,958		$	468
State	(170		)	(680		)	(584		)
Total current tax provision (benefit)	17,753			10,278			(116		)
Deferred
Federal	1,415			1,666			(33,218		)
State	456			1,197			(1,531		)
Total deferred tax provision (benefit)	1,871			2,863			(34,749		)
Total tax provision (benefit)	$	19,624		$	13,141		$	(34,865	)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

The following is a reconciliation of the US statutory income tax rate to our effective tax rate:

	Year Ended
(A percentage)	August 30, 2014		August 31, 2013		August 25, 2012
US federal statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	34.0	%
State taxes, net of federal benefit	2.3	%	2.1	%	2.5	%
Tax-free and dividend income	(1.5	)%	(2.2	)%	(9.7	)%
Income tax credits	(0.4	)%	(1.7	)%	(1.7	)%
Domestic production activities deduction	(2.8	)%	(2.4	)%	(1.1	)%
Other permanent items	(0.9	)%	(0.8	)%	4.8	%
Valuation allowance	(0.4	)%	0.2	%	(372.8	)%
Uncertain tax positions settlements and adjustments	(1.0	)%	(1.1	)%	(1.6	)%
Amended state returns	—	%	—	%	0.6	%
Effective tax provision (benefit) rate	30.3	%	29.1	%	(345.0	)%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Significant items comprising ournet deferred tax assets are as follows:

	August 30, 2014				August 31, 2013
(In thousands)	Total				Total
Current
Warranty reserves	$	3,620			$	3,191
Self-insurance reserve	1,882				1,704
Accrued vacation	1,805				1,810
Inventory	(1,682		)		(1,078		)
Deferred compensation	1,199				1,118
Other	2,817				997
Total current	9,641				7,742
Noncurrent
Postretirement health care benefits	13,634				13,186
Deferred compensation	9,565				10,678
Tax credits & NOL carryforwards	261			(1)	2,070
Unrecognized tax benefit	895				1,206
Depreciation	(992		)		(917		)
Other	666				1,068
Total noncurrent	24,029				27,291
Total gross deferred tax assets	33,670				35,033
Valuation allowance	—				(1,642		)
Total deferred tax assets	$	33,670			$	33,391

⁽¹⁾ At August 30, 2014, NOL carryforwards included $261,000 of state NOLs that will begin to expire in Fiscal 2018. We have evaluated

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

Changes in the unrecognized tax benefits are as follows:

(In thousands)	Fiscal 2014			Fiscal 2013			Fiscal 2012
Unrecognized tax benefits - beginning balance	$	(2,134	)	$	(5,228	)	$	(5,387	)
Gross decreases - tax positions in a prior period	816			3,101			599
Gross increases - current period tax positions	(391		)	(7		)	(440		)
Unrecognized tax benefits - ending balance	$	(1,709	)	$	(2,134	)	$	(5,228	)