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Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Schedule] Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 03, 2015
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts |
| Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Business Acquisitions |  | Charged (Credited) to Income Tax Provision |  | Currency Translation and Charges to Other Accounts |  | Balance at End of Year
Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year ended September 3, 2015 | $ | 2,443 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (260 | ) |  | $ | (132 | ) |  | $ | 2,051 |
Year ended August 28, 2014 | 3,155 |  |  | — |  |  | (544 | ) |  | (168 | ) |  | 2,443 |
Year ended August 29, 2013 | 1,470 |  |  | 1,292 |  |  | 418 |  |  | (25 | ) |  | 3,155 |

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