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Employee Benefit Plans - Fair values of pension plan assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Nov. 29, 2020 | Nov. 24, 2019
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Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | $ 2,337 | $ 4,427
Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 1,150,726 | 1,086,447
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 228 | 289
Cash and cash equivalents [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 2,337 | 4,427
Cash and cash equivalents [Member] | Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Cash and cash equivalents [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
U.S. large cap [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
U.S. large cap [Member] | Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 74,850 | 93,019
U.S. large cap [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
U.S. small cap [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
U.S. small cap [Member] | Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 14,343 | 13,307
U.S. small cap [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
International [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
International [Member] | Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 143,408 | 115,607
International [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Fixed income securities [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Fixed income securities [Member] | Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 859,323 | 808,546
Fixed income securities [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Real estate [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Real estate [Member] | Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 41,699 | 38,076
Real estate [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Private equity [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Private equity [Member] | Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Private equity [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 228 | 289
Hedge funds [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Hedge funds [Member] | Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 11,692 | 13,328
Hedge funds [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Other [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Other [Member] | Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 5,411 | 4,564
Other [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 0 | 0
Fair Value [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 1,153,291 | 1,091,163
Fair Value [Member] | Cash and cash equivalents [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 2,337 | 4,427
Fair Value [Member] | U.S. large cap [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 74,850 | 93,019
Fair Value [Member] | U.S. small cap [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 14,343 | 13,307
Fair Value [Member] | International [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 143,408 | 115,607
Fair Value [Member] | Fixed income securities [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 859,323 | 808,546
Fair Value [Member] | Real estate [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 41,699 | 38,076
Fair Value [Member] | Private equity [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 228 | 289
Fair Value [Member] | Hedge funds [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | 11,692 | 13,328
Fair Value [Member] | Other [Member] |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Fair value of plan assets | $ 5,411 | $ 4,564

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