Income Taxes-Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 25, 2012	Nov. 27, 2011	Nov. 28, 2010
Income Tax Expense Reconciliation [Abstract]
Income tax expense at U.S. federal statutory rate	$ 68,558	$ 70,990	$ 82,459
State income taxes, net of U.S. federal impact	892	1,535	1,894
Change in Health Care Act legislation	0	0	14,481
Change in valuation allowance	(1,329)	(2,421)	28,278
Impact of foreign operations	7,313	(2,148)	(40,668)
Reassessment of tax liabilities	(29,500)	(51)	162
Total	54,922	67,715	86,152
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Abstract]
U.S. federal statutory rate (percent)	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
State income taxes, net of U.S. federal impact (percent)	0.50%	0.80%	0.80%
Change in Health Care Act legislation (percent)	0.00%	0.00%	6.20%
Change in valuation allowance (percent)	(0.70%)	(1.20%)	12.00%
Impact of foreign operations (percent)	3.70%	(1.10%)	(17.30%)
Reassessment of tax liabilities due to change in estimate (percent)	(15.10%)	0.00%	0.10%
Other, including non-deductible expenses (percent)	0.00%	(0.10%)	(0.20%)
Income Tax Reconciliation, Other Adjustments	(73)	(190)	(454)
Total	28.00%	33.40%	36.60%
Income Tax Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense	$ 9,061	$ 0	$ 0
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense, Share-based Compensation Cost	4.60%	0.00%	0.00%