Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 29, 2015	Aug. 30, 2014	Aug. 29, 2015	Aug. 30, 2014
Consolidated Statements of Income
Net revenue	$ 524,133,000	$ 526,765,000	$ 1,535,556,000	$ 1,556,780,000
Cost of sales	(377,293,000)	(401,611,000)	(1,123,573,000)	(1,155,926,000)
Gross profit	146,840,000	125,154,000	411,983,000	400,854,000
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(98,297,000)	(96,779,000)	(293,712,000)	(289,950,000)
Special charges, net	(1,297,000)	(12,343,000)	(4,592,000)	(37,615,000)
Asset impairment charges	0	0	0	0
Other income (expense), net	(1,040,000)	(289,000)	(1,246,000)	(1,543,000)
Interest expense	(6,448,000)	(5,292,000)	(18,765,000)	(14,178,000)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and income from equity method investments	39,758,000	10,451,000	93,668,000	57,568,000
Income taxes	(14,372,000)	(8,035,000)	(34,528,000)	(23,414,000)
Income from equity method investments	1,500,000	1,668,000	4,157,000	5,205,000
Income from continuing operations	26,886,000	4,084,000	63,297,000	39,359,000
(Income) loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	0	0	(1,300,000)	0
Net income including non-controlling interests	26,886,000	4,084,000	61,997,000	39,359,000
Non-controlling interest	(79,000)	(97,000)	(308,000)	(264,000)
Net income attributable to H.B. Fuller	$ 26,807,000	$ 3,987,000	$ 61,689,000	$ 39,095,000
Earnings per share attributable to H.B. Fuller common stockholders:
Income from continuing operations, basic share	$ 0.53	$ 0.08	$ 1.25	$ 0.78
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, basic share	0	0	(0.03)	0
Basic earnings per share	0.53	0.08	1.23	0.78
Income from continuing operations, diluted share	0.52	0.08	1.22	0.76
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, diluted share	0	0	(0.03)	0
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.52	$ 0.08	$ 1.2	$ 0.76
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Basic	50,421,000	50,053,000	50,318,000	49,973,000
Diluted	51,530,000	51,297,000	51,460,000	51,242,000
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.13	$ 0.12	$ 0.38	$ 0.34