Financing (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 15, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt

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

(in thousands)	February 15, 2014		August 31, 2013
6.500% Senior Notes due January 2014, effective interest rate of 6.63%	$	—	$	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
1.300% Senior Notes due January 2017, effective interest rate of 1.43%		400,000		—
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 0.25% and 0.29% at February 15, 2014 and August 31, 2013, respectively		871,684		637,000
Total debt		4,321,684		4,187,000
Less: Short-term borrowings		158,440		173,733
Long-term debt	$	4,163,244	$	4,013,267