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Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended									0 Months Ended
	Aug. 30, 2014	Aug. 31, 2013	Aug. 25, 2012	Aug. 30, 2014 Customer Contracts [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Other Intangible Assets [Member]	Aug. 29, 2009 Non-Employee Director Share-Based Award Grants Prior to Fiscal 2009 [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Non-Employee Director Share-Based Award Grants Beginning Fiscal 2009 [Member]	Aug. 30, 2014 Certain Share-Based Awards Granted During Fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012 to Non-Employee Directors[Member]	Nov. 30, 1996 The 1996 Plan [Member]	Oct. 27, 2014 The 2010 Plan [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 The 2010 Plan [Member]
Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments	5
Rental Merchandise Useful Life, Minimum	6 months
Rental Merchandise Useful Life, Maximum	36 months
Goodwill, Impairment Loss (in Dollars)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life	14 years 219 days			14 years 328 days	4 years 6 months
Site Contingency Discount Rate, Lower Range	2.40%
Contingency Discount Rate, Upper Range	3.10%
Site Contingency Discounted Period, Lower Range	10 years
Site Contingency Discounted Period, Upper Range	30 years
Environmental Contingencies Inflation Rate	3.00%
Range of Years Discount for Estimated Future Costs to Decommission Its Nuclear Laundry Facilities, Minimum Years	7 years
Range of Years Discount for Estimated Future Costs to Decommission Its Nuclear Laundry Facilities Maximum Years	30 years
Estimated Impact Of Inflation Per Year	3.00%
Credit Adjusted Risk Free Rates Minimum Rate	7.00%
Credit Adjusted Risk Free Rates Maximum Rate	7.50%
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries (in Dollars)	111,800,000
Advertising Expense (in Dollars)	$ 1,500,000	$ 1,200,000	$ 1,500,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized (in Shares)									1,500,000		600,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Additional Shares Authorized (in Shares)										750,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	5 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period	10 years					10 years	8 years	8 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in Dollars per share)	$ 39.08	$ 25.09	$ 18.28
Common Stock, Conversion Basis	one-for-one
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount (in Shares)	185	152

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