Business Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		May 29, 2016 USD ($) Regional_Segments	May 31, 2015 USD ($)	May 29, 2016 USD ($)	May 31, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gain on disposal of assets				$ 6,024	$ 8,617
Number of operating segments | Regional_Segments		3
Net revenues		$ 1,011,587	$ 1,012,180	2,068,087	2,067,255
Operating income		58,038	47,615	174,625	155,060
Restructuring Charges		(191)	2,954	1,657	7,292
Interest expense		(20,411)	(21,913)	(35,313)	(45,225)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt		0	(14,002)	0	(14,002)
Other income (expense), net		4,295	7,639	2,076	(18,389)
Income before income taxes		41,922	19,339	141,388	77,444
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Other General and Administrative Expense		3,034	12,366	4,531	20,373
Other Selling, General and Administrative Expense		81,912	88,904	152,043	176,935
Corporate Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Corporate expenses		84,755	104,224	158,231	204,600
Regional operating income [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income		142,793	151,839	332,856	359,660
AMEA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues		181,650	168,254	390,479	371,754
Operating income		15,874	15,031	62,479	62,371
Europe [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues		240,626	222,150	517,112	499,638
Operating income	[1]	37,633	33,482	99,342	91,671
Gain on sale-leaseback of distribution center		6,100		6,100
Gain on sale of finishing and distribution facility			7,500		7,500
Americas [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues		589,311	621,776	1,160,496	1,195,863
Operating income		$ 89,286	$ 103,326	$ 171,035	$ 205,618

[1] Included in Europe's operating income for the three- and six-month periods ended May 29, 2016 is a gain of $6.1 million related to the sale-leaseback of the Company's distribution center in the United Kingdom in the second quarter of 2016. Included in Europe's operating income for the three- and six-month periods ended May 31, 2015 is a gain of $7.5 million related to the sale of the Company's finishing and distribution facility in Turkey in the second quarter of 2015.