Excess tax benefits shortfalls realized related to stock based awards.

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Exercise price at which stock options granted to key salaried employees and non employee directors as compare to fair market value.

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Fair value of cash portion grant.

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Payout.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award options grants in period weighted average remaining contractual term maximum.

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As of the balance sheet date, the aggregate unrecognized cost of equity-based awards made to employees under equity-based compensation awards that have yet to vest.

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The weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, using a decimal to express in number of years.

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Description of the estimated period of time over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, which often is the vesting period. This period may be explicit or implicit based on the terms of the award, and may be presented in a variety of ways (for example, year, month and year, day, month and year, quarter of a year).

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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The total accumulated difference between fair values of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options which were exercised (or share units converted) into shares during the reporting period under the plan.

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Net number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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The weighted average period between the balance sheet date and expiration for all awards outstanding under the plan, which may be expressed in a decimal value for number of years.

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Stock Based Awards (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	4 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 18, 2011	Feb. 25, 2012 Y	Feb. 26, 2011 Y	Feb. 27, 2010
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Contractual term		2.62
Stock based award, Shares available for grant		21
Stock Based Awards (Textual) [Abstract]
Fair value of cash portion grant		$ 0.57
Grant date fair value of the award	$ 2.40	$ 0.00	$ 3.99	$ 4.92
Intrinsic value of the stock options exercised			$ 1	$ 1
Shares Under Option, Granted
Excess tax benefits Realized related to the stock based awards		2	2	1
Unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvested stock based awards		25
Weighted average remaining vesting period of expenses expected to be recognized		2
Stock Options Prior 2006 Fiscal [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Contractual term		10
Stock Options Effective 2006 Fiscal [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based awards granted Contractual term maximum		7 years
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restrictions on the restricted stock awards lapse		4 years
2007 Stock Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock based award, Shares available for grant		35
Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Payout		177
Maximum [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restrictions on the restricted stock awards lapse		5 Years
Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Payout		$ 0
Exercise price at which stock options granted to key salaried employees and non employee directors as compare to fair market value		100.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restrictions on the restricted stock awards lapse		1 Year