Financing (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Nov. 23, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt

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

(in thousands)	November 23, 2013		August 31, 2013
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		300,000
3.125% Senior Notes due July 2023, effective interest rate of 3.26%		500,000		500,000
Commercial paper, weighted average interest rate of 0.28% and 0.29% at November 23, 2013 and August 31, 2013, respectively		623,500		637,000
Total debt		4,173,500		4,187,000
Less: Short-term borrowings		160,256		173,733
Long-term debt	$	4,013,244	$	4,013,267