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SEGMENTS (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2026
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Summary of Segment Revenues, Operating Costs and Balance Sheet Items
The following tables summarize by segment certain revenues, significant expense categories, operating costs and balance sheet items regularly provided to the CODM, (in thousands):
United
States
Operations		Central
American
Operations
Caribbean
Operations (1)
Colombia Operations (2)
Reconciling
Items (3)
Total
Year Ended August 31, 2026
Revenue from external customers$4,616 $3,497,072 $1,540,980 $833,656 $— $5,876,324 
Intersegment revenues2,195,267 32,972 9,355 9,996 (2,247,590)— 
Total revenues2,199,883 3,530,044 1,550,335 843,652 (2,247,590)5,876,324 
Less (4):
Cost of goods sold1,486 2,875,587 1,264,797 695,965 — 4,837,835 
Intersegment cost of goods sold2,100,031 32,201 9,202 9,795 (2,151,229)— 
Warehouse club and other operations— 315,568 152,608 94,816 — 562,992 
General and administrative (5)
209,273 2,993 1,240 974 — 214,480 
Intersegment reimbursement of expenses(93,243)58,279 25,627 9,337 — — 
Operating income (loss)(17,664)245,416 96,861 32,765 (96,361)261,017 
Interest income from external sources1,801 6,888 4,056 391 — 13,136 
Interest income from intersegment sources4,694 5,414 2 — (10,110)— 
Interest expense from external sources(1,744)(3,577)(5,724)(5,722)— (16,767)
Interest expense from intersegment sources(3,122)(1,957)(2,077)(3,306)10,462 — 
Provision for income taxes(24,114)(29,632)(5,259)(2,107)— (61,112)
Other segment items (6)
(559)(11,426)(19,260)1,557 — (29,688)
Net income (loss)$(40,708)$211,126 $68,599 $23,578 $(96,009)$166,586 
Depreciation and amortization(8,137)(50,044)(25,930)(15,391)— (99,502)
Long-lived assets (other than deferred tax assets)108,934 721,724 353,572 256,608 — 1,440,838 
Goodwill8,981 24,288 10,017 — — 43,286 
Total assets268,594 1,321,892 631,026 381,415 — 2,602,927 
Capital expenditures, net15,056 97,377 88,410 15,866 — 216,709 
Year Ended August 31, 2025
Revenue from external customers$15,548 $3,192,159 $1,443,074 $619,313 $— $5,270,094 
Intersegment revenues1,986,399 34,200 7,490 6,493 (2,034,582)— 
Total revenues2,001,947 3,226,359 1,450,564 625,806 (2,034,582)5,270,094 
Less (4):
Cost of goods sold14,364 2,632,429 1,187,006 521,923 — 4,355,722 
Intersegment cost of goods sold1,904,809 33,507 6,620 6,345 (1,951,281)— 
Warehouse club and other operations— 286,736 143,332 68,341 — 498,409 
General and administrative (5)
179,696 3,447 134 176 — 183,453 
Intersegment reimbursement of expenses(78,521)53,652 24,436 433 — — 
Operating income (loss)(18,401)216,588 89,036 28,588 (83,301)232,510 
Interest income from external sources1,557 6,262 2,100 220 — 10,139 
Interest income from intersegment sources5,656 6,955 398 — (13,009)— 
Interest expense from external sources(1,218)(3,134)(1,955)(5,208)— (11,515)
Interest expense from intersegment sources(4,688)(2,865)(2,095)(3,358)13,006 — 
Provision for income taxes(19,723)(29,601)(6,766)(2,527)— (58,617)
Other segment items (6)
(1,870)(5,936)(15,364)(1,460)— (24,630)
Net income (loss)$(38,687)$188,269 $65,354 $16,255 $(83,304)$147,887 
Depreciation, property and equipment(7,751)(45,111)(22,527)(12,772)— (88,161)
Long-lived assets (other than deferred tax assets)90,663 659,756 262,543 197,268 — 1,210,230 
Goodwill8,981 24,254 10,003 — — 43,238 
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates— 6,889 — — — 6,889 
Total assets300,177 1,147,392 534,654 286,934 — 2,269,157 
Capital expenditures, net27,477 78,241 39,488 8,925 — 154,131 
Year Ended August 31, 2024
Revenue from external customers$39,438 $2,965,772 $1,352,030 $556,658 $— $4,913,898 
Intersegment revenues1,759,335 31,101 5,641 4,815 (1,800,892)— 
Total revenues1,798,773 2,996,873 1,357,671 561,473 (1,800,892)4,913,898 
Less (4):
Cost of goods sold37,484 2,448,195 1,111,804 469,491 — 4,066,974 
Intersegment cost of goods sold1,685,054 30,385 5,676 4,719 (1,725,834)— 
Warehouse club and other operations— 265,157 133,723 67,577 — 466,457 
General and administrative (5)
156,260 2,323 821 119 — 159,523 
Intersegment reimbursement of expenses(102,331)67,327 30,772 4,232 — — 
Operating income22,306 183,486 74,875 15,335 (75,058)220,944 
Interest income from external sources2,382 7,291 1,175 201 — 11,049 
Interest income from intersegment sources4,618 4,020 376 — (9,014)— 
Interest expense from external sources(1,118)(2,843)(2,719)(6,279)— (12,959)
Interest expense from intersegment sources(2,261)(3,531)(1,154)(2,103)9,049 — 
Provision for income taxes(20,961)(31,761)(8,880)(1,016)— (62,618)
Other segment items (6)
153 (8,545)(7,235)(1,914)— (17,541)
Net income$5,119 $148,117 $56,438 $4,224 $(75,023)$138,875 
Depreciation, property and equipment(5,963)(42,990)(19,607)(14,051)— (82,611)
Long-lived assets (other than deferred tax assets)72,727 614,382 224,019 199,404 — 1,110,532 
Goodwill8,981 24,193 10,023 — — 43,197 
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates— 6,882 — — — 6,882 
Total assets220,076 1,065,493 451,265 285,860 — 2,022,694 
Capital expenditures, net10,591 108,506 38,777 13,668 — 171,542 
(1)Management considers its club in the U.S. Virgin Islands to be part of its Caribbean operations.
(2)Management considers operating activities related to its planned Chile expansion to be part of its Colombia operations.
(3)The reconciling items reflect the amount eliminated on consolidation of intersegment transactions.
(4)The significant expense categories and amounts align with the segment-level information that is regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker.
(5)General and administrative expenses include pre-opening expenses and loss on disposal of assets.
(6)Other segment items include other expense, net and income of unconsolidated affiliates.