Financing (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 27, 2011

Financing [Abstract]

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

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

	August 27,		August 28,
(in thousands)	2011		2010
4.750% 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
5.500% Senior Notes due November 2015, effective interest rate of 4.86%		300,000		300,000
6.950% 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 0.4% at August 27, 2011, and 0.4% at August 28, 2010		567,600		433,000
	$	3,317,600	$	2,882,300

Scheduled maturities of long-term debt

Scheduled maturities of long-term debt are as follows:

	Scheduled
(in thousands)	Maturities
2012	$	567,600
2013		500,000
2014		500,000
2015		500,000
2016		500,000
Thereafter		750,000
	$	3,317,600