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Leases | 12 Months Ended
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Leases | Note O – Leases The Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), beginning with its first quarter ended November 23, 2019 which requires leases to be recognized on the balance sheet. Leases with an original term of 12 months or less are not recognized in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and the lease expense related to these short-term leases is recognized over the lease term. The Company aggregates lease and non-lease components, which includes fixed common-area maintenance costs at its retail store locations, for all classes of leased assets, except vehicles. The Company’s vehicle leases typically include variable non-lease components, such as maintenance and fuel charges. The Company excludes these variable non-lease components from vehicle lease payments for the purpose of calculating the right-of-use assets and liabilities. These variable lease payments are expensed as incurred. The Company’s leases primarily relate to its retail stores, distribution centers and vehicles under various non-callable leases. Leases are categorized at their commencement date, which is the date the Company takes possession or control of the underlying asset. Most of the Company’s leases are operating leases; however, certain land and vehicles are leased under finance leases. The leases have varying terms and expire at various dates through 2040. Retail leases typically have initial terms of between one and 20 years, with one to six optional renewal periods of one to five years each. Finance leases for vehicles typically have original terms between one and five years, and finance leases for real estate leases typically have terms of 20 or more years. The exercise of lease renewal options is at the Company’s sole discretion. The Company evaluates renewal options at lease commencement and on an ongoing basis and includes options that are reasonably certain to exercise in its expected lease terms when classifying leases and measuring lease liabilities. The Company subleases certain properties that are not used in its operations. Sublease income was not significant for the periods presented. Certain lease agreements require variable payments based upon actual costs of common-area maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. The Company’s finance leases for vehicles have a stated borrowing rate which it uses in determining the present value of the lease payments over the lease term. Substantially all the operating leases and finance leases for real estate do not provide a stated borrowing rate. Accordingly, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate at commencement or modification date in determining the present value of lease payments over the lease term. For operating leases that commenced prior to the date of adoption of the new standard, the Company used the incremental borrowing rate that corresponded to the remaining lease term as of the date of adoption. Lease-related assets and liabilities recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet are as follows: ​
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(in thousands) |  | Classification |  | August 29, 2020
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Assets: |  |  |  | ​ |
Operating |  | Operating lease right-of-use assets | ​ | $ | 2,581,677
Finance |  | Property and equipment | ​ |  | 327,006
Total lease assets |  |  | ​ | $ | 2,908,683
Liabilities: |  |  | ​ |  |
Current: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating |  | Current portion of operating lease liabilities | ​ | $ | 223,680
Finance |  | Accrued expenses and other | ​ |  | 67,498
Noncurrent: |  |  | ​ |  |
Operating |  | Operating lease liabilities, less current portion | ​ |  | 2,501,726
Finance |  | Other long-term liabilities | ​ |  | 155,855
Total lease liabilities |  |  | ​ | $ | 2,948,759
​ Accumulated amortization related to finance lease assets was $107.3 million as of August 29, 2020. Lease costs for finance and operating leases are as follows: ​
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(in thousands) | ​ | Statement of Income Location | ​ | August 29, 2020
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Finance lease cost: |  |  |  | ​ |
Amortization of lease assets |  | Depreciation and amortization | ​ | $ | 55,920
Interest on lease liabilities |  | Interest expense, net | ​ |  | 4,355
Operating lease cost(1) |  | Selling, general and administrative expenses | ​ |  | 355,230
Total lease cost | ​ | ​ | ​ | $ | 415,505
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| (1) | Includes short-term leases, variable lease costs and sublease income, which are immaterial.
The future rental payments, inclusive of renewal options that have been included in defining the expected lease term, of our operating and finance lease obligations as of August 29, 2020 having initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year are as follows:
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(in thousands) | ​ | Leases | ​ | Leases | ​ | Total
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2021 | ​ | $ | 69,013 | ​ | $ | 302,890 | ​ | $ | 371,903
2022 | ​ |  | 57,188 | ​ |  | 324,860 | ​ |  | 382,048
2023 | ​ |  | 45,377 | ​ |  | 307,859 | ​ |  | 353,236
2024 | ​ |  | 24,590 | ​ |  | 284,296 | ​ |  | 308,886
2025 | ​ |  | 10,447 | ​ |  | 259,099 | ​ |  | 269,546
Thereafter | ​ |  | 44,765 | ​ |  | 2,055,365 | ​ |  | 2,100,130
Total lease payments | ​ | ​ | 251,380 | ​ | ​ | 3,534,369 | ​ |  | 3,785,749
Less: Interest | ​ |  | (28,027) | ​ |  | (808,963) | ​ |  | (836,990)
Present value of lease liabilities | ​ | $ | 223,353 | ​ | $ | 2,725,406 | ​ | $ | 2,948,759
​ The following table summarizes the Company’s lease term and discount rate assumptions: ​
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Weighted-average remaining lease term in years, inclusive of renewal options that are reasonably certain to be exercised |  |  | ​
Finance leases – real estate |  | 27 | ​
Finance leases – vehicles |  | 3 | ​
Operating leases |  | 15 | ​
Weighted-average discount rate: |  |  | ​
Finance leases – real estate |  | 3.49 | %
Finance leases – vehicles |  | 2.29 | %
Operating leases |  | 3.46 | %
​ ​ ​ ​ Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities of $352.9 million was reflected in cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows for fiscal 2020. As of August 29, 2020, the Company has entered into additional leases which have not yet commenced and are therefore not part of the right-of-use asset and liability. These leases are generally for real estate and have undiscounted future payments of approximately $16.7 million and will commence when the Company obtains possession of the underlying leased asset. Commencement dates are expected to be from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022.

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