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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details)
$ in Thousands
 12 Months Ended
Aug. 30, 2025
USD ($)
store
shares
Aug. 31, 2024
USD ($)
shares
Aug. 26, 2023
USD ($)
shares
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Number of stores with commercial sales program | store 6,098    
Description of reporting periods The Company’s fiscal year consists of 52 or 53 weeks ending on the last Saturday in August. Fiscal 2025 and 2023 represented 52 weeks. Fiscal 2024 represented 53 weeks.    
Additional capital contributions to tax credit funds $ 207,200    
Cash and cash equivalents 271,803 $ 298,172  
Allowances for credit losses 11,700 10,300  
Inventory LIFO Reserves 83,000 19,000  
Capitalized cloud-based software implementation costs   0  
Goodwill 302,645 302,645  
Self insurance reserve $ 268,800 257,700  
Renewal options and lease term The leases have varying terms and expire at various dates through 2045. Real estate operating leases typically have initial terms between one and 20 years, and real estate finance leases typically have terms of 20 or more years, with multiple optional renewal periods of one to five years each.    
Measure of income tax benefit for uncertain income tax positions more than 50%    
Advertising expense, net of vendor promotional funds $ 109,500 102,700 $ 99,500
Vendor promotional funds, which reduced advertising expense $ 65,700 67,800 $ 62,400
Limited warranty period, minimum period (Days) 30 days    
Cash Equivalents      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Maturity period of investments 90 days or less    
Settlement term of credit and debit card transaction less than five days    
Credit and debit card receivables included within cash and cash equivalents $ 105,000 $ 91,500  
Supplier Concentration Risk | Cost of Goods and Service Benchmark | One Individual Vendor      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Concentration risk percentage 13.00%    
Stock Options      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the computation of earnings per share | shares 115,475 118,771 140,071
Minimum | Building      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Estimated useful lives 40 years    
Minimum | Building Improvements      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Estimated useful lives 5 years    
Minimum | Equipment      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Estimated useful lives 3 years    
Minimum | Vehicles      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Finance lease term 1 year    
Maximum | Building      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Estimated useful lives 50 years    
Maximum | Building Improvements      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Estimated useful lives 15 years    
Maximum | Equipment      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Estimated useful lives 10 years    
Maximum | Vehicles      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Finance lease term 5 years    
Selling, general and administrative expenses      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Amortization expenses $ 0    
Other current assets      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Capitalized cloud-based software implementation costs 1,600    
Other long-term assets      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Capitalized cloud-based software implementation costs 29,600    
Variable Interest Entity Not Primary Beneficiary | Other long-term assets      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Maximum exposure to losses amount $ 60,800 $ 53,900  
One class of similar products | Maximum | Product Concentration Risk | Revenue Benchmark      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Concentration risk percentage 14.00%    
Stores in the United States Including Puerto Rico      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Number of stores | store 6,627    
Mexico      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Number of stores | store 883    
Brazil      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Number of stores | store 147    
Non-US      
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Cash and cash equivalents $ 79,100 $ 99,800