Inventory	12 Months Ended
Mar. 01, 2014
Inventory
Inventory	7. Inventory At March 1, 2014 and March 2, 2013, inventories were $1,018,581 and $915,241, respectively, lower than the amounts that would have been reported using the first-in, first-out ("FIFO") cost flow assumption. The Company calculates its FIFO inventory valuation using the retail method for store inventories and the cost method for distribution facility inventories. The Company recorded a LIFO charge for fiscal year 2014 of $104,142, compared to a LIFO credit of $147,882 for fiscal year 2013 and a LIFO charge of $188,722 for fiscal year 2012. During fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012, a reduction in inventories related to working capital initiatives resulted in the liquidation of applicable LIFO inventory quantities carried at lower costs in prior years. This LIFO liquidation resulted in a $13,894, $4,316 and $11,004 cost of sales decrease, with a corresponding reduction to the adjustment to LIFO for fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2012, respectively.

Inventory

12 Months Ended

Mar. 01, 2014

7. Inventory

At March 1, 2014 and March 2, 2013, inventories were $1,018,581 and $915,241, respectively, lower than the amounts that would have been reported using the first-in, first-out ("FIFO") cost flow assumption. The Company calculates its FIFO inventory valuation using the retail method for store inventories and the cost method for distribution facility inventories. The Company recorded a LIFO charge for fiscal year 2014 of $104,142, compared to a LIFO credit of $147,882 for fiscal year 2013 and a LIFO charge of $188,722 for fiscal year 2012. During fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012, a reduction in inventories related to working capital initiatives resulted in the liquidation of applicable LIFO inventory quantities carried at lower costs in prior years. This LIFO liquidation resulted in a $13,894, $4,316 and $11,004 cost of sales decrease, with a corresponding reduction to the adjustment to LIFO for fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2012, respectively.