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Leases (Notes) | 6 Months Ended
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Feb. 16, 2020
Leases [Abstract] |
Leases of Lessee Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 5—Leases The tables below present information regarding the Company's lease assets and liabilities:
|  | February 16, 2020
Assets |  |
Operating lease right-of-use assets |  | $ | 2,596 |
Finance lease assets(1) |  | 523 |
Total lease assets |  | $ | 3,119 |
Liabilities |  |
Current |  |
Operating(2) |  | $ | 168 |
Finance(2) |  | 18 |
Long-term |  |
Operating |  | 2,446 |
Finance(3) |  | 544 |
Total lease liabilities |  | $ | 3,176 |
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(1) | Included in net property and equipment in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(2) | Included in other current liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(3) | Included in other long-term liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
|  | February 16, 2020
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) |  |
Operating leases |  | 22 |
Finance leases |  | 19 |
Weighted-average discount rate |  |
Operating leases |  | 2.24 | %
Finance leases |  | 7.24 | %
The components of lease expense, excluding short-term lease costs and sublease income which were not material, were as follows:
|  | 12 Weeks Ended |  | 24 Weeks Ended
|  | February 16, 2020 |  | February 16, 2020
Operating lease costs(1) |  | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 102 |
Finance lease costs: |  |  |  |
Amortization of lease assets(1) |  | 4 |  |  | 8 |
Interest on lease liabilities(2) |  | 8 |  |  | 15 |
Variable lease costs(3) |  | 22 |  |  | 36 |
Total lease costs |  | $ | 85 |  |  | $ | 161 |
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(1) | Generally included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income.
(2) | Included in interest expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income.
(3) | Included in selling, general and administrative expenses and merchandise costs in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. Amount excludes property taxes, which were immaterial.
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:
|  | 24 Weeks Ended
|  | February 16, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |  |
Operating cash flows — operating leases |  | $ | 93 |
Operating cash flows — finance leases |  | 15 |
Financing cash flows — finance leases |  | 34 |
Leased assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities |  | 47 |
Leased assets obtained in exchange for finance lease liabilities |  | 167 |
As of February 16, 2020, future minimum payments during the next five fiscal years and thereafter are as follows:
| Operating Leases(1) |  | Finance Leases
2020 | $ | 120 |  |  | $ | 23 |
2021 | 220 |  |  | 47 |
2022 | 212 |  |  | 47 |
2023 | 219 |  |  | 51 |
2024 | 194 |  |  | 47 |
Thereafter | 2,462 |  |  | 723 |
Total(2) | 3,427 |  |  | 938 |
Less amount representing interest | 813 |  |  | 376 |
Present value of lease liabilities | $ | 2,614 |  |  | $ | 562 |
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(1) | Operating lease payments have not been reduced by future sublease income of $101.
(2) | Excludes $185 of lease payments for leases that have been signed but not commenced.
As of September 1, 2019, future minimum payments, net of sub-lease income of $105, under noncancelable operating leases with terms of at least one year and capital leases reported under ASC 840 were as follows:
| Operating Leases |  | Capital Leases
2020 | $ | 239 |  |  | $ | 51 |
2021 | 229 |  |  | 53 |
2022 | 202 |  |  | 38 |
2023 | 193 |  |  | 39 |
2024 | 181 |  |  | 39 |
Thereafter | 2,206 |  |  | 544 |
Total | $ | 3,250 |  |  | 764 |
Less amount representing interest |  |  | 343 |
Net present value of minimum lease payments |  |  | $ | 421 |

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- Definition Capital Lease - Tabular disclosure of future minimum lease payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five years succeeding fiscal years, with separate deductions from the total for the amount representing executor costs, including any profit thereon, included in the minimum lease payments and for the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value. AND Operating Lease - Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
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