Debt - Interest Expense (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Aug. 26, 2020	Aug. 28, 2019
Discontinued Operations
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense	$ 0	$ 0
2016 Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense	6,400,000	6,000,000.0
Interest capitalized	$ 0	$ 0

Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120520924&loc=SL6036836-161870

Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.8)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120395209&loc=SL114868664-224227

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Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration