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Assets Held for Sale - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 29, 2025	Aug. 31, 2025	Aug. 31, 2024	Aug. 31, 2023
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business		$ 1,731	$ 0	$ 0
Held for sale, not discontinued operations \| Homecare and Cleaning Product Businesses \| EIMEA
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal consideration (up to)	$ 7,500
Proceeds from sale of business	1,700
Disposal, deferred payment, amount	$ 500
Disposal, deferred payment, period due	12 months
Disposal, inventory consideration	$ 1,400
Disposal, inventory consideration, period due	120 days
Disposal, contingent consideration, earn out period	4 years
Disposal, contingent consideration	$ 3,900

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3A
-Subparagraph (b)(2)
-Publisher FASB
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- Definition

The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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