Financing (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 11, 2012

Financing [Abstract]

Components of Company's long-term debt

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

(in thousands)	February 11, 2012		August 27, 2011
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		500,000
Commercial paper, weighted average interest rate of 0.43% and 0.35% at February 11, 2012 and August 27, 2011, respectively		684,800		567,600
	$	3,434,800	$	3,317,600