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Amount of cash payments made as the result of exit or disposal activities. Excludes payments associated with a discontinued operation or an asset retirement obligation.

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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.

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Carrying amount (including both current and noncurrent portions of the accrual) as of the balance sheet date pertaining to a specified type of cost associated with exit from or disposal of business activities or restructuring pursuant to a duly authorized plan.

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Amount of consideration other than cash used to fully or partially settle an accrued restructuring cost.

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The aggregate amount provided for estimated restructuring charges, remediation costs, and asset impairment loss during an accounting period. Generally, these items are either unusual or infrequent, but not both (in which case they would be extraordinary items).

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Restructuring, Impairment and Integration Charges 2012 Productivity Plan Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		8 Months Ended
	Sep. 05, 2015	Sep. 06, 2014	Sep. 05, 2015	Sep. 06, 2014
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Charges After Tax	$ 29		$ 37
Cash payments for restructuring charges			(149)	$ (169)
2012 Productivity Plan
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Reserve - Period Start			33
Restructuring, Settlement and Impairment Provisions	9	$ 14	19	31
Restructuring Charges After Tax	8	$ 12	16	$ 29
Cash payments for restructuring charges			(34)
Restructuring Reserve, Settled without Cash			(6)
Restructuring Reserve - Period End	12		12
Employee Severance [Member] \| 2012 Productivity Plan
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Reserve - Period Start			28
Restructuring, Settlement and Impairment Provisions			5
Cash payments for restructuring charges			(18)
Restructuring Reserve, Settled without Cash			(5)
Restructuring Reserve - Period End	10		10
Asset Impairment [Member] \| 2012 Productivity Plan
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Reserve - Period Start			0
Restructuring, Settlement and Impairment Provisions			1
Cash payments for restructuring charges			0
Restructuring Reserve, Settled without Cash			(1)
Restructuring Reserve - Period End	0		0
Other Costs [Member] \| 2012 Productivity Plan
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring Reserve - Period Start			5
Restructuring, Settlement and Impairment Provisions			13
Cash payments for restructuring charges			(16)
Restructuring Reserve, Settled without Cash			0
Restructuring Reserve - Period End	$ 2		$ 2