Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration Settlement Date

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Description of the accounting treatment that will be followed if the contingency occurs.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 51

-Subparagraph f

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Description of the inputs and valuation technique(s) used to measure fair value.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in earnings, arising from liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using unobservable inputs (level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)(1)

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 157

-Paragraph 32

-Subparagraph c(1)

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This element represents the portion of the balance sheet assertion valued at fair value by the entity whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission. This item represents Trading Securities which consist of all investments in certain debt and equity securities that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term (thus held for only a short period of time) or for which an entity has elected the fair value option. Trading generally reflects active and frequent buying and selling, and trading securities are generally used with the objective of generating profits on short-term differences in price, but this category of investments may also include items which are not intended to be sold in the near term or for which the fair value option has been elected.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 25

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (a)

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 115

-Paragraph 12

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Fair Value Measurements (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended																												0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 01, 2012	Dec. 03, 2011	Sep. 01, 2012 Mutual fund investments - equities [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Mutual fund investments - equities [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Mutual fund investments - bonds [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Mutual fund investments - bonds [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 1 [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Level 1 [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 1 [Member] Mutual fund investments - equities [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Level 1 [Member] Mutual fund investments - equities [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 1 [Member] Mutual fund investments - bonds [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Level 1 [Member] Mutual fund investments - bonds [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 1 [Member] Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 2 [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Level 2 [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 2 [Member] Mutual fund investments - equities [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Level 2 [Member] Mutual fund investments - equities [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 2 [Member] Mutual fund investments - bonds [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Level 2 [Member] Mutual fund investments - bonds [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 2 [Member] Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 3 [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Level 3 [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 3 [Member] Mutual fund investments - equities [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Level 3 [Member] Mutual fund investments - equities [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 3 [Member] Mutual fund investments - bonds [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Level 3 [Member] Mutual fund investments - bonds [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 Level 3 [Member] Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]	Dec. 29, 2010 TransWeb [Member]	Sep. 01, 2012 TransWeb [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Restricted trust, included in Other noncurrent assets	$ 1,085	$ 1,131	$ 617	$ 659	$ 441	$ 472	$ 27	$ 1,085	$ 1,131	$ 617	$ 659	$ 441	$ 472	$ 27	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Contingent earn-out, included in Other long-term liabilities	1,255	1,123						0	0						0	0						1,255	1,123						1,018
Contingent earn-out, Contingent Consideration, Accounting Treatment																													The contingent liability for the earn-out payment will continue to be accounted for and measured at fair value until the contingency is settled
Contingent earn-out, Contingent Consideration, Settlement Date																													Nov. 30, 2016
Fair Value, Other Liabilities, Valuation Techniques																														The contingent consideration payment is revalued to its current fair value at each reporting date. Any increase or decrease in the fair value, as a result of changes in significant inputs such as the discount rate, the discount period or other factors used in the calculation, is recognized in Selling and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Earnings in the period the estimated fair value changes. The fair value of the contingent consideration was estimated using a probability-weighted discounted cash flow model with a discount rate
Contingent earn-out, Fair Value, Other Liabilities, Valuation Discount Rate																													11.90%
Change in fair value of TransWeb contingent earn-out	$ 132