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Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2016
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Hedge of diesel fuel requirement, remainder of fiscal year 2017	51.00%
Hedge of diesel fuel requirement, fiscal year 2018	50.00%

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Hedge Diesel Fuel Requirement, Remainder of Fiscal Year

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Hedge Diesel Fuel Requirement, Second Year

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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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