Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Financial Information - Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Feb. 27, 2016	Feb. 28, 2015	Mar. 01, 2014	Mar. 02, 2013
Condensed consolidating balance sheet
Ownership interest (as a percent)	100.00%
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 124,471	$ 115,899	$ 146,406	$ 129,452
Accounts receivable, net	1,601,008	980,904
Inventories, net of LIFO reserve of $0, $1,006,396, $0, $0, and $1,006,396	2,697,104	2,882,980
Deferred tax assets		17,823
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	128,144	224,152
Total current assets	4,550,727	4,221,758
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,255,398	2,091,369
Goodwill	1,713,475	76,124
Other intangibles, net	1,004,379	421,480
Deferred tax assets	1,539,141	1,766,349
Other assets	213,890	200,345
Total assets	11,277,010	8,777,425
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt and lease financing obligations	26,848	100,376
Accounts payable	1,542,797	1,133,520
Accrued salaries, wages and other current liabilities	1,427,250	1,193,419
Deferred tax liabilities		57,685
Total current liabilities	2,996,895	2,485,000
Long-term debt, less current maturities	6,914,393	5,397,588
Lease financing obligations, less current maturities	52,895	61,152
Other noncurrent liabilities	731,399	776,629
Total liabilities	$ 10,695,582	$ 8,720,369
Commitments and contingencies
Total stockholders' equity	$ 581,428	$ 57,056	$ (2,113,702)	$ (2,459,434)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	11,277,010	8,777,425
Inventories, LIFO reserve (in dollars)	1,006,396
Reportable legal entity | Rite Aid Corporation (Parent Company Only)
Current assets:
Investment in subsidiaries	14,832,523
Total assets	14,832,523
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt and lease financing obligations	90
Accrued salaries, wages and other current liabilities	65,743
Total current liabilities	65,833
Long-term debt, less current maturities	6,914,393
Intercompany payable	7,270,869
Total liabilities	14,251,095
Total stockholders' equity	581,428
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	14,832,523
Inventories, LIFO reserve (in dollars)	0
Reportable legal entity | Subsidiary Guarantors
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	90,569	$ 115,899
Accounts receivable, net	1,316,797
Intercompany receivable	224,220
Inventories, net of LIFO reserve of $0, $1,006,396, $0, $0, and $1,006,396	2,697,104
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	121,684
Total current assets	4,450,374
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,255,398
Goodwill	1,713,475
Other intangibles, net	948,451
Deferred tax assets	1,539,141
Investment in subsidiaries	57,167
Intercompany receivable	7,270,869
Other assets	207,821
Total assets	18,442,696
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt and lease financing obligations	26,758
Accounts payable	1,541,984
Accrued salaries, wages and other current liabilities	1,274,074
Total current liabilities	2,842,816
Lease financing obligations, less current maturities	52,895
Other noncurrent liabilities	714,462
Total liabilities	3,610,173
Total stockholders' equity	14,832,523
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	18,442,696
Inventories, LIFO reserve (in dollars)	1,006,396
Reportable legal entity | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	33,902
Accounts receivable, net	284,211
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	6,460
Total current assets	324,573
Other intangibles, net	55,928
Other assets	6,069
Total assets	386,570
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	813
Intercompany payable	224,220
Accrued salaries, wages and other current liabilities	87,433
Total current liabilities	312,466
Other noncurrent liabilities	16,937
Total liabilities	329,403
Total stockholders' equity	57,167
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	386,570
Inventories, LIFO reserve (in dollars)	0
Eliminations
Current assets:
Intercompany receivable	(224,220)
Total current assets	(224,220)
Investment in subsidiaries	(14,889,690)
Intercompany receivable	(7,270,869)
Total assets	(22,384,779)
Current liabilities:
Intercompany payable	(224,220)
Total current liabilities	(224,220)
Intercompany payable	(7,270,869)
Total liabilities	(7,495,089)
Total stockholders' equity	(14,889,690)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	(22,384,779)
Inventories, LIFO reserve (in dollars)	$ 0