Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended									9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2014 region		Aug. 24, 2014	May 25, 2014	Feb. 23, 2014	Nov. 24, 2013	Aug. 25, 2013	May 26, 2013	Feb. 24, 2013	Aug. 24, 2014	Nov. 30, 2014 customer region	Nov. 24, 2013	Nov. 25, 2012
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest	$ 1,037,000	[1]	$ (72,336,000)	$ (16,545,000)	$ (66,010,000)	$ (25,492,000)	$ (76,522,000)	$ (65,349,000)	$ (155,250,000)		$ (153,854,000)	$ (322,613,000)	$ (195,881,000)
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	6,103,000	[1]	(49,800,000)	(10,989,000)	(49,623,000)	(16,607,000)	(56,445,000)	(48,209,000)	(106,875,000)		(104,309,000)	(228,136,000)	(140,959,000)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	5,066,000	[1]	22,536,000	5,556,000	16,387,000	8,885,000	20,077,000	17,140,000	48,375,000		49,545,000	94,477,000	54,922,000
Advertising Expense											272,800,000	274,000,000	260,400,000
Number of geographical regions	3										3
Number of weeks in a quarter	P14W									P13W		P13W	P13W
Minority interest (percent)	16.40%										16.40%
Number of largest customers											10
Portion of net sales to ten largest customers (percent)											31.00%	31.00%	32.00%
Distribution costs											168,700,000	171,700,000	186,700,000
Number of weeks in a year											P53W	P52W	P52W
Duty accruals adjustment [Member]
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest	4,000,000										1,300,000
Out-of-period adjustment [Member]
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	6,000,000										6,900,000
Tax expense adjustment [Member]
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)											$ 5,600,000

[1] Includes certain out-of-period adjustments, which decreased income before income taxes and net income by approximately $4.0 million and $6.0 million, respectively. For additional information see Note 1.