Common Stock - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended									12 Months Ended							1 Months Ended	37 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Mar. 03, 2012		Nov. 26, 2011	Aug. 27, 2011	May 28, 2011	Feb. 26, 2011	Nov. 27, 2010	Aug. 28, 2010	May 29, 2010	Mar. 03, 2012	Feb. 26, 2011	Feb. 27, 2010	Mar. 03, 2012 Common Class A Vote	Feb. 26, 2011 Common Class A	Feb. 27, 2010 Common Class A	Mar. 03, 2012 Common Class B Vote	Jul. 17, 2008 2008 stock repurchase program	Jul. 21, 2011 2008 stock repurchase program	Jul. 21, 2011 2008 stock repurchase program Common Class A	Mar. 03, 2012 2011 stock repurchase program	Jul. 21, 2011 2011 stock repurchase program	Mar. 03, 2012 2011 stock repurchase program Common Class A	Jul. 23, 2009 Minimum	Jul. 23, 2009 Maximum	Jul. 17, 2008 Maximum 2008 stock repurchase program	Jul. 21, 2011 Maximum 2011 stock repurchase program
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Voting rights, votes per share													1			10
Conversion ratio for Class B Common Stock to Class A Common Stock	1									1
Percentage of total common shares outstanding to convert all Class B Common Shares into Class A Common Shares on a one-to-one basis																								5.00%
Percentage of total voting power of all Class B Common Shares																							41.00%
Stock repurchase program, shares authorized to be repurchased																									5,000,000	5,000,000
Stock repurchase program, expiration date																	Dec. 31, 2011				Dec. 31, 2014
Treasury Stock purchased (in shares)													2,885,000	1,586,000	1,390,000				4,660,697			1,199,900
Stock repurchase program, average price per share													$ 20.93						$ 16.06			$ 19.70
Treasury Stock purchased										$ 60,368,000	$ 22,168,000	$ 15,936,000						$ 74,833,000		$ 23,638,000
Stock repurchase program termination date																	2011-07-21
Stock repurchases program, remaining shares available to repurchase	3,800,100									3,800,100
Treasury stock, shares	8,044,000					6,964,000				8,044,000	6,964,000
Treasury stock, cost	128,211,000					79,431,000				128,211,000	79,431,000
Treasury stock, weighted average per share										15.94
Common stock cash dividend per share	$ 0.06	[1]	$ 0.05	$ 0.05	$ 0.05	$ 0.05	$ 0.04	$ 0.04	$ 0.04	$ 0.21	$ 0.17	$ 0.13
Common stock dividends declared										10,967,000	9,092,000	7,124,000
Common stock dividends declared but not paid	$ 3,108,000					$ 2,653,000				$ 3,108,000	$ 2,653,000

[1] The Company utilizes the retail calendar for reporting. As such, the results for 2012 represent the 53 week period ended March 3, 2012 and 2011 represent the 52 week period ended February 26, 2011. The 2012 fourth quarter consists of a 14 week period versus a 13 week period in 2011.