Financing (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 04, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Total Debt

The Company’s debt consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	May 4, 2013		August 25, 2012
5.875% Senior Notes due October 2012, effective interest rate of 6.33%	$	—	$	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
3.700% Senior Notes due April 2022, effective interest rate of 3.85%		500,000		500,000
2.875% Senior Notes due January 2023, effective interest rate of 3.21%		300,000		—
3.125% Senior Notes due July 2023, effective interest rate of 3.26%		500,000		—
Commercial paper, weighted average interest rate of 0.32% and 0.42% at May 4, 2013 and August 25, 2012, respectively		251,100		513,402
Unsecured, peso denominated borrowings, weighted average interest rate of 4.57% at August 25, 2012		—		4,781
Total debt		4,001,100		3,768,183
Less: Short-term borrowings		—		(49,881	)
Long-term debt	$	4,001,100	$	3,718,302