AutoZone (AZO) 10-K 2011 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of AutoZone, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 27, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, William C. Rhodes, III, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(i)	the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(ii)	the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

October 24, 2011

/s/ WILLIAM C. RHODES, III  

William C. Rhodes, III 

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)