Financing (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 07, 2011

Financing [Abstract]

Components of Company's long-term debt

The Company’s long-term debt consisted of the following:

	May 7,		August 28,
(in thousands)	2011		2010
4.75% Senior Notes due November 2010, effective interest rate of 4.17%	$	—	$	199,300
5.875% Senior Notes due October 2012, effective interest rate of 6.33%		300,000		300,000
4.375% Senior Notes due June 2013, effective interest rate of 5.65%		200,000		200,000
6.500% Senior Notes due January 2014, effective interest rate of 6.63%		500,000		500,000
5.750% Senior Notes due January 2015, effective interest rate of 5.89%		500,000		500,000
5.50% Senior Notes due November 2015, effective interest rate of 4.86%		300,000		300,000
6.95% Senior Notes due June 2016, effective interest rate of 7.09%		200,000		200,000
7.125% Senior Notes due August 2018, effective interest rate of 7.28%		250,000		250,000
4.000% Senior Notes due November 2020, effective interest rate of 4.43%		500,000		—
Commercial paper, weighted average interest rate of 0.35% and 0.41% at May 7, 2011 and August 28, 2010, respectively		421,100		433,000
	$	3,171,100	$	2,882,300