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Supplemental Guarantor Information - Subsidiary Guarantees (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended |
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Mar. 28, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2014
Subsidiary Guarantee [Member] |  |
Supplemental Guarantor Information [Line Items] |  |
Face value of outstanding senior notes and debentures guaranteed by wholly-owned subsidiaries | $ 7,500,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / syy_GuaranteeObligationsAxis = syy_SubsidiaryGuaranteeMember |
Percentage ownership of subsidiary guarantors by parent | 100.00%syy_PercentageOwnershipOfSubsidiaryGuarantorByParent / syy_GuaranteeObligationsAxis = syy_SubsidiaryGuaranteeMember |
Six-Part Senior Notes Offering [Member] |  |
Supplemental Guarantor Information [Line Items] |  |
Face value of outstanding senior notes and debentures guaranteed by wholly-owned subsidiaries |  | $ 5,000,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = syy_SixPartSeniorNotesOfferingMember

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- Definition Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28551-108399 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 55 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34725769&loc=d3e28878-108400 + Details
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