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	Aug. 30, 2014	Aug. 31, 2013	Aug. 25, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Aug. 30, 2014 Capital Leases [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Capital Leases [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Other Letters Of Credit [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Commercial paper, weighted average interest rate of 0.27% and 0.29% at August 30, 2014 and August 31, 2013, respectively [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 Commercial paper, weighted average interest rate of 0.27% and 0.29% at August 30, 2014 and August 31, 2013, respectively [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Letters of Credit [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Letters of Credit [Member]	Jan. 14, 2014 1.300% Senior Notes due January 2017, Effective Interest Rate of 1.43% [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 1.300% Senior Notes due January 2017, Effective Interest Rate of 1.43% [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 1.300% Senior Notes due January 2017, Effective Interest Rate of 1.43% [Member]	Jan. 14, 2014 1.300% Senior Notes due January 2017, Effective Interest Rate of 1.43% [Member]	Jan. 14, 2014 6.500% Senior Notes due January 2014, Effective Interest Rate of 6.63% [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 6.500% Senior Notes due January 2014, Effective Interest Rate of 6.63% [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 6.500% Senior Notes due January 2014, Effective Interest Rate of 6.63% [Member]	Jan. 14, 2014 6.500% Senior Notes due January 2014, Effective Interest Rate of 6.63% [Member]	Apr. 29, 2013 3.125% Senior Notes due July 2023, Effective Interest Rate of 3.26% [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 3.125% Senior Notes due July 2023, Effective Interest Rate of 3.26% [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 3.125% Senior Notes due July 2023, Effective Interest Rate of 3.26% [Member]	Apr. 29, 2013 3.125% Senior Notes due July 2023, Effective Interest Rate of 3.26% [Member]	Apr. 29, 2013 4.375% Senior Notes due June 2013, Effective Interest Rate of 5.65% [Member]	Apr. 29, 2013 4.375% Senior Notes due June 2013, Effective Interest Rate of 5.65% [Member]	Nov. 13, 2012 2.875% Senior Notes due January 2023, Effective Interest Rate of 3.21% [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 2.875% Senior Notes due January 2023, Effective Interest Rate of 3.21% [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 2.875% Senior Notes due January 2023, Effective Interest Rate of 3.21% [Member]	Nov. 13, 2012 2.875% Senior Notes due January 2023, Effective Interest Rate of 3.21% [Member]	Nov. 13, 2012 5.875% Senior Notes due October 2012 [Member]	Nov. 13, 2012 5.875% Senior Notes due October 2012 [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 5.750% Senior Notes due January 2015, Effective Interest Rate of 5.89% [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 5.750% Senior Notes due January 2015, Effective Interest Rate of 5.89% [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 7.125% Senior Notes due August 2018, Effective Interest Rate of 7.28% [Member]	Aug. 31, 2013 7.125% Senior Notes due August 2018, Effective Interest Rate of 7.28% [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 4,343,800,000	$ 4,187,000,000						$ 893,800,000	$ 637,000,000				$ 400,000,000	$ 0			$ 0	$ 500,000,000			$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000					$ 300,000,000	$ 300,000,000				$ 500,000,000	$ 500,000,000	$ 250,000,000	$ 250,000,000
Senior notes non current																																319,100,000
Stated interest rate percentage													1.30%	1.30%	1.30%		6.50%	6.50%	6.50%		3.125%	3.125%	3.125%		4.375%		2.875%	2.875%	2.875%		5.875%	5.75%	5.75%	7.125%	7.125%
Debt instrument, due date												2017-01	2017-01	2017-01		2014-01	2014-01	2014-01		2023-07	2023-07	2023-07		2013-06		2023-01	2023-01	2023-01		2012-10		2015-01	2015-01	2018-08	2018-08
Remaining borrowing capacity under revolving credit facility	1,213,000,000
Amount available under credit facility	1,250,000,000			1,250,000,000
Expiration of credit facility	September 2017
Letter of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity				1,500,000,000		175,000,000				100,000,000	200,000,000
Interest accrual on foreign currency loans the basis points					Interest accrues on Eurodollar loans at a defined Eurodollar rate, defined as LIBOR plus the applicable percentage, as defined in the revolving credit facility, depending upon the Company's senior, unsecured, (non-credit enhanced) long-term debt rating.
Line of credit facility covenant terms	The revolving credit facility agreement requires that the Company’s consolidated interest coverage ratio as of the last day of each quarter shall be no less than 2.50:1. This ratio is defined as the ratio of (i) consolidated earnings before interest, taxes and rents to (ii) consolidated interest expense plus consolidated rents. The Company’s consolidated interest coverage ratio as of August 30, 2014 was 4.95:1.
Debt covenant interest coverage ratio	4.95
Minimum debt covenant interest coverage ratio to be maintained quarterly	2.5
Letter of credit outstanding							31,400,000			100,000,000
Letter of credit facility expiration date										June 2016
Proceeds from issuance of debt	400,000,000	800,000,000	500,000,000									400,000,000								500,000,000						300,000,000
Debt repayment using commercial papers																			500,000,000						200,000,000						300,000,000
Debt issuance date																																2009-07		2008-08
Fair value of the Company's debt	4,480,000,000	4,259,000,000
Excess (shortfall) of fair value of debt over (from) carrying value	$ 136,600,000	$ 72,200,000