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Income Taxes Income Taxes | 8 Months Ended
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May 07, 2017
Income Tax [Abstract] |
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] | The Company’s reported effective income tax rates for the third quarter and first thirty-six weeks of 2017 were 26.8% and 32.0%, respectively, compared to 34.2% and 34.7% for the third quarter and first thirty-six weeks of 2016, respectively, which include the net impact of discrete tax items. The provision for income taxes in the third quarter and first thirty-six weeks of 2017 was favorably impacted by discrete net tax benefits of $82 and $88, respectively, primarily due to an $82 tax benefit recorded in the third quarter of 2017 in connection with the special cash dividend payable to employees, who through the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan owned approximately 30,000,000 shares of Company common stock through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Dividends on these shares are deductible for U.S. income tax purposes.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32559-109319 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32718-109319 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32639-109319 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65882285&loc=d3e32537-109319 + Details
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