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Revenue (Schedule Of Disaggregation Of Revenue) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 29, 2020 | [1] | May 30, 2020 | [1] | Feb. 29, 2020 | [1] | Nov. 30, 2019 | [1] | Aug. 31, 2019 | [2] | Jun. 01, 2019 | Mar. 02, 2019 | Dec. 01, 2018 | Aug. 29, 2020 | Aug. 31, 2019 | Sep. 01, 2018
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  | $ 747,732 | $ 834,972 | $ 786,094 | $ 823,601 | $ 842,670 | $ 866,546 | $ 823,004 | $ 831,597 | $ 3,192,399 | $ 3,363,817 | $ 3,203,878
Net Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Net Sales [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,192,399 | $ 3,363,817 |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Manufacturing Heavy [Member] | Net Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45.00% | 48.00% |
Manufacturing Light [Member] | Net Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21.00% | 22.00% |
Government [Member] | Net Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.00% | 8.00% |
Retail/Wholesale [Member] | Net Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.00% | 6.00% |
Commercial Services [Member] | Net Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.00% | 4.00% |
Other Customers [Member] | Net Sales [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage | [3] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.00% | 12.00% |
United States [Member] | Net Sales [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,044,943 | $ 3,243,026 |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 95.00% | 96.00% |
UK [Member] | Net Sales [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 48,505 | $ 56,506 |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.00% | 2.00% |
Canada [Member] | Net Sales [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 41,402 | $ 41,126 |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.00% | 1.00% |
Mexico [Member] | Net Sales [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net sales |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 57,549 | $ 23,159 |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.00% | 1.00% |
[1] | In fiscal year 2020, the Company recorded $6,583 of consulting-related costs and $10,446 of severance and separation benefits charges and other related costs. Refer to Note 13 for more information. The net income per share impact from these charges were $0.23 in fiscal year 2020. Consulting-related costs, and severance and separation benefits charges and other related costs by fiscal quarter in fiscal year 2020 were as follows: $2,571 ($0.03 Net income per share impact) in fiscal Q1; $1,941 ($0.03 Net income per share impact) in fiscal Q2; $1,359 ($0.02 Net income per share impact) in fiscal Q3; and $11,158 ($0.15 Net income per share impact) in fiscal Q4.
[2] | In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company recorded $6,725 of severance and separation benefits charges and other related costs associated with workforce reduction and increased performance management. The net income per share impact from these charges was $0.09 in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019.
[3] | The other category primarily includes individual customer and small business net sales not assigned to a specific industry classification.

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