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PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT PLANS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 27, 2011
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block] | Components of net periodic benefit cost and Company contributions for these plans were as follows:
| Quarter Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| August 27, 2011 |  | August 28, 2010 |  | August 27, 2011 |  | August 28, 2010
Pension Benefits: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Components of net periodic benefit cost (income): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 492 |  |  | $ | 527 |  |  | $ | 1,476 |  |  | $ | 1,582 |
Interest cost | 2,013 |  |  | 2,033 |  |  | 6,037 |  |  | 6,103 |
Expected return on plan assets | (1,923 | ) |  | (1,778 | ) |  | (5,766 | ) |  | (5,340 | )
Settlement cost | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,368 |  |  | — |
Amortization of unrecognized: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior service cost | (98 | ) |  | (98 | ) |  | (296 | ) |  | (296 | )
Net actuarial loss (gain) | 1,265 |  |  | 1,200 |  |  | 3,688 |  |  | 3,600 |
Net periodic benefit cost (income) | $ | 1,749 |  |  | $ | 1,884 |  |  | $ | 6,507 |  |  | $ | 5,649 |
Cash contributions | $ | 10,510 |  |  | $ | 2,935 |  |  | $ | 12,752 |  |  | $ | 3,121 |
Postretirement Healthcare Benefits: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Components of net periodic benefit cost (income): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest cost | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 24 |
Amortization of unrecognized: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior service cost | (31 | ) |  | (31 | ) |  | (93 | ) |  | (93 | )
Net actuarial loss (gain) | (32 | ) |  | (32 | ) |  | (96 | ) |  | (96 | )
Net periodic benefit cost (income) | $ | (57 | ) |  | $ | (55 | ) |  | $ | (171 | ) |  | $ | (165 | )
Cash contributions | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | 90 |  |  | $ | 117 |
Schedule of Expected Contributions to Pay Benefits for Current Fiscal Year [Table Text Block] | expects to contribute up to the following amounts to its various plans to pay benefits during 2011.
U.S. Qualified Plans | $ | 11,843 |
U.S. Combined Nonqualified Plans | 2,194 |
Non-U.S. Plan | 403 |
Postretirement Healthcare Benefit Plan | 121 |
Total expected contributions | $ | 14,561 |

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