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Revenue - Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 30, 2025	Aug. 31, 2024	Sep. 02, 2023
Net Sales | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Net Sales | Geographic Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Net Sales | Geographic Concentration Risk | United States
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	95.00%	95.00%	95.00%
Net Sales | Geographic Concentration Risk | Mexico
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Net Sales | Geographic Concentration Risk | Canada
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Net Sales | Geographic Concentration Risk | North America
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	99.00%	99.00%	99.00%
Net Sales | Geographic Concentration Risk | Other foreign countries
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Manufacturing Heavy | Net Sales | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	58.00%	58.00%	58.00%
Manufacturing Light | Net Sales | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	9.00%	9.00%	10.00%
Public Sector | Net Sales | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	10.00%	9.00%	10.00%
Retail/Wholesale | Net Sales | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	7.00%	7.00%	7.00%
Commercial Services | Net Sales | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
Other | Net Sales | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	12.00%	13.00%	11.00%
National Account Customers | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	36.00%	37.00%	35.00%
Public Sector Customers | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	10.00%	9.00%	10.00%
Core and Other Customers | Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Customer Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	54.00%	54.00%	55.00%

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