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Financial Instruments (Derivative Financial Instruments Related Fair Value And Balance Sheet Classification) (Details) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified																										3 Months Ended
	Apr. 28, 2012 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] CAD	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] ZWD	Apr. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Euro To Pound [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Euro To Pound [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Euro To Pound [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] GBP (£)	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Euro To Pound [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Euro To Pound [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Euro To Pound [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] GBP (£)	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar [Member] Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar [Member] Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] GBP (£)	Apr. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] GBP (£)	Apr. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar [Member] Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar [Member] Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) [Member] CAD	Apr. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar [Member] Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) [Member] GBP (£)	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] CAD	Apr. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] GBP (£)	Apr. 28, 2012 Diesel Fuel Contracts [Member]	Apr. 30, 2011 Diesel Fuel Contracts [Member]	Apr. 28, 2012 Diesel Fuel Contracts [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Diesel Fuel Contracts [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Euro To Pound [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Euro To Pound [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Euro To Pound [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] GBP (£)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar [Member] Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar [Member] Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) [Member] CAD	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] CAD	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) [Member] CAD	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] CAD	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] GBP (£)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] GBP (£)	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Euro [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Euro [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Euro [Member] (Accrued Expense) [Member] GBP (£)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of Pound To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] GBP (£)	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] EUR (€)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments [Member] Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro [Member] Prepaid Expense [Member] EUR (€)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay					80,000		€ 25,000			€ 25,000			€ 100,292		€ 65,292	$ 85,389		$ 85,894				£ 70,000			£ 40,000						€ 2,359			€ 4,323		321,256		407,470		7,850			7,821			£ 71,404		£ 51,736			£ 36,475			£ 5,827	$ 5,719		$ 1,257
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive				23,874				21,265			21,335	134,506		86,985			55,000		55,000		110,907			63,330								2,000	5,950		324,247		410,100				6,000			5,800	113,000		83,500			44,000			7,000			4,349		911
Blended Contract Rate			0.2984	0.2984	0.2984	0.8506	0.8506	0.8506	0.8534	0.8534	0.8534	1.3411	1.3411	1.3322	1.3322	0.6441	0.6441	0.6403	0.6403	1.5844	1.5844	1.5844	1.5833	1.5833	1.5833					0.8478	0.8478	0.8478	1.3764	1.3764	1.0093	1.0093	1.0065	1.0065	0.7643	0.7643	0.7643	0.7416	0.7416	0.7416	1.5825	1.5825	1.6140	1.6140	1.2063	1.2063	1.2063	1.2013	1.2013	1.2013	0.7604	0.7604	0.7247	0.7247
Current Asset	10,920	9,150	135						1,427			1,411		13		3,874		5,640		471								3,216	2,008						807				5			308										620			45		90
Current (Liability)	(9,415)	(33,967)	(762)			(1,367)						(138)		(9,042)						(122)			(883)							(152)			(446)		(3,504)		(19,962)		(54)						(3,109)		(2,876)		(965)
Net Fair Value	$ 1,505	$ (24,817)	$ (627)			$ (1,367)			$ 1,427			$ 1,273		$ (9,029)		$ 3,874		$ 5,640		$ 349			$ (883)					$ 3,216	$ 2,008	$ (152)			$ (446)		$ (2,697)		$ (19,962)		$ (49)			$ 308			$ (3,109)		$ (2,876)		$ (965)			$ 620			$ 45		$ 90
Economic hedges for which hedge accounting was not elected, Diesel contracts, Pay																										Fixed on 615K – 1.4M gal per month	Fixed on 5.7M gal per month
Economic hedges for which hedge accounting was not elected, Diesel contracts, Receive																										Float on 615K – 1.4M gal per month	Float on 5.7M gal per month

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