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Share-based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 25, 2012
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Compensation expense for all share-based compensation for the five fiscal years | Compensation expense for all share-based compensation, which includes Share-Based Awards and restricted stock grants, for the five fiscal years subsequent to August 25, 2012 is as follows (in thousands):
|  | Share-Based |  |  | Restricted |  |  |  |
|  | Awards |  |  | Stock |  |  | Total |
2013 |  | $ | 1,281 |  |  | $ | 4,066 |  |  | $ | 5,347 |
2014 |  |  | 1,004 |  |  |  | 2,725 |  |  |  | 3,729 |
2015 |  |  | 681 |  |  |  | 1,697 |  |  |  | 2,378 |
2016 |  |  | 360 |  |  |  | 680 |  |  |  | 1,040 |
2017 |  |  | 47 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 47 |
Total |  | $ | 3,373 |  |  | $ | 9,168 |  |  | $ | 12,541 |
Summary of Share-based activity | The following table summarizes the Share-Based Award activity for the fiscal year ended August 25, 2012:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |
Outstanding, August 27, 2011 |  |  | 527,400 |  |  | $ | 38.48 |
Granted |  |  | 120,120 |  |  |  | 50.55 |
Exercised |  |  | (73,250 | ) |  |  | 32.91 |
Forfeited |  |  | (14,000 | ) |  |  | 40.59 |
Outstanding, August 25, 2012 |  |  | 560,270 |  |  | $ | 41.74 |
Exercisable, August 25, 2012 |  |  | 113,570 |  |  | $ | 40.43 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average exercise prices (or conversion ratios) for share options (or share units) that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, vested and expected to vest, exercisable or convertible at the end of the year, and the number of share options or share units that were granted, exercised or converted, forfeited, and expired during the year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (c)(1) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 2 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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