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Accrued Insurance Claims (Details) (USD $) | Apr. 26, 2014 | Jul. 27, 2013
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Accrued Insurance Claims [Line Items] |  |
Aggregate stop loss coverage for automobile liability, general liability and workers' compensation claims | $ 56,300,000 |
Insurance liability, annual retained risk loss | 250,000 |
Retained risk of loss per participant for employee health plan for claim amounts that aggregate across all participants in excess of $250,000 | 550,000 |
Health plan participant threshold | 250,000 |
Accrued Insurance, Claims | 64,600,000 | 56,300,000
Accrued Insurance, Claims, Noncurrent | 32,027,000 | 27,250,000
Maximum |  |
Accrued Insurance Claims [Line Items] |  |
Retained risk of loss, general liability and workers' compensation, maximum automobile liability | $ 1,000,000 |

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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable to insurance entities and/or claimants to mitigate potential losses from auto liability, general liability, workers compensation, employee group health, and damage claims. Used to reflect the Noncurrent portion of the liabilities. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable to insurance entities to mitigate potential loss from various risks or to satisfy a promise to provide certain coverage's to employees. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.15(5)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph a -Article 7 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph 5 -Article 9 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.15(5)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910 + Details
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