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Income Taxes (Tables) | 8 Months Ended
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Sep. 03, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Tax And Effective Tax Rate |
| Quarter ended |  | Year to date
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Income tax (benefit) provision | $ | (65 | ) |  | $ | 145 |  |  | $ | 183 |  |  | $ | 358 |
Effective tax rate | (11.6 | )% |  | 25.3 | % |  | 11.8 | % |  | 25.9 | %

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