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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001558370-21-003635
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210329

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AUTOZONE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000866787
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-AUTO & HOME SUPPLY STORES [5531]
		IRS NUMBER:				621482048
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0828

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		123 SOUTH FRONT ST
		CITY:			MEMPHIS
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9014956500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 2198
		STREET 2:		DEPT 8074
		CITY:			MEMPHIS
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38101-2198
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Services</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">100 F Street, NE</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">Washington, DC 20549</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:27pt;"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.19;text-align:left;">RE:</font></font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">AutoZone, Inc.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:27pt;"></font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended August 29, 2020</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:27pt;"></font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">File No. 001-10714</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:27pt;"></font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">Filed October 26, 2020</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:27pt;"></font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">Dear Ms. Geddes and Ms. Chaudhry,</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">AutoZone, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) respectfully acknowledges receipt of and is pleased to respond to the comments from the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 29, 2020.  Below is our response to the comments in your letter dated March 16, 2021.  For your convenience of reference and review, we have repeated your comment as presented in the letter and replied in </font><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">bold </b><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">immediately under the comment.  </font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><u style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended August 29, 2020</u></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><u style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">Item 7. 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Please</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:18pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">tell us how you define and calculate average excess cash and excess cash. Please also tell</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:18pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">us your basis for presenting average debt, net of average excess cash and presenting debt,</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:18pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">net of excess cash.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:18pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:11.76%;margin-right:11.76%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:76.47%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:11.76%;padding-right:11.76%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><a name="_Hlk66904553"></a><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">AutoZone Response:</b></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;">Prior to the current COVID-19 pandemic (&#8220;Pandemic&#8221;), available cash and cash equivalent (&#8220;Cash&#8221;) balances were utilized to reduce invested capital by funding stock repurchases pursuant to our stock repurchase program and managing our adjusted debt levels to approximately 2.5x earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, rent and share-based compensation expense (&#8220;EBITDAR&#8221;). As a result, our Cash balances were managed to a consistent level prior to the Pandemic.  </b></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">At the beginning of the Pandemic in March 2020, we temporarily ceased our stock repurchase program and repaid commercial paper borrowings with longer term debt issuances to conserve liquidity as a result of the uncertainty related to the Pandemic. As a result, we were temporarily unable to reduce invested capital through stock repurchases and debt repayments consistent with historical practice, which resulted in increasing Cash balances as our business stabilized and strengthened during the Pandemic. </b></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Company defines Excess Cash as Cash balances that are in excess of our pre-Pandemic Cash balances.  To calculate our pre-Pandemic Cash balance, we averaged our Cash balances for the portion of fiscal 2020 pre-Pandemic (i.e, August 31, 2019 through March 14, 2020).  We believe the Excess Cash represents Cash balances that we would not have maintained if we were not responding to a Pandemic.</b></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Company calculates average Excess Cash over the trailing five quarters, which is consistent with the calculation of average debt.  Accordingly, Excess Cash for fiscal periods prior to the Pandemic is zero.</b></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;">We believe that presenting invested capital and adjusted debt net of Excess Cash is more useful to investors as it provides a more comparable presentation to reporting periods prior to the Pandemic.  This is especially the case given that, assuming no further Pandemic-related disruptions, we expect to gradually return to our pre-Pandemic capital allocation and stock repurchase strategies.  </b></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;">During the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, we resumed our stock repurchase program and during the third quarter of fiscal year 2021 we repaid certain debt balances, which has reduced our Excess Cash balances.   For post-Pandemic periods, we do not expect to maintain Excess Cash and therefore do not expect to present debt or average debt, net of Excess Cash or average Excess Cash, respectively. </b></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">We acknowledge that we are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the Company&#8217;s disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.</font><font style="background-color:#ffff00;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;"> </font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="background-color:#ffff00;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:11.76%;margin-right:11.76%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:76.47%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:11.76%;padding-right:11.76%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">Please let us know if you have any further questions or if we can clarify any other issue that you may have.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">Yours truly,</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;">AutoZone, Inc.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.28;margin-bottom:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Calibri','Helvetica','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:36pt;"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.19;text-align:left;">By:</font></font><u style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;">/s/ JAMERE JACKSON</u><u style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#000000;"><u style="display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;position:relative;text-align:justify;text-align-last:justify;text-decoration:underline;text-indent:0pt;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:normal;width:43.98pt;">&#8203; 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