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EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Oct. 31, 2015 | Aug. 01, 2015 | Jul. 30, 2016 | Aug. 01, 2015 | Aug. 02, 2014 | Jul. 30, 2016 | Aug. 01, 2015 | Nov. 01, 1988
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of outstanding common stock allocated to ESOP |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40.00%
Outstanding common stock allocated to ESOP |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 4.1
Interest rate on notes (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  | 1.33% | 1.33% |
Shares repurchased to fund ESOP | 324 | 9,393 |  |  |  |  |  |
Contribution to the trust related to ESOP |  |  | $ 0.1 | $ 0.2 | $ 0.2 |  |  |
Interest component of contribution made to trust related to ESOP |  |  | $ 0.1 | $ 0.1 | $ 0.1 |  |  |
Changes in ESOP shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total ESOP shares—beginning of year | 1,057,000 |  | 1,057,000 | 1,595,000 |  |  |  |
Shares distributed to employees |  |  | (1,057,000) | (538,000) |  |  |  |
Total ESOP shares—end of year |  | 1,057,000 | 0 | 1,057,000 | 1,595,000 |  |  |
ESOP shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allocated shares |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,057,000 |
Unreleased shares |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |
Total ESOP shares | 1,057,000 | 1,057,000 | 1,057,000 | 1,595,000 | 1,595,000 | 0 | 1,057,000 |
Number of shares released for allocation under ESOP |  |  |  | 24,512 |  |  |  |

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- Definition The shares that, although not legally released, will be released by a future scheduled and committed debt service payment and will be allocated to employees for service rendered in the current accounting period and shares contributed to the ESOP that have not yet been released, committed to be released, or allocated to participant accounts. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The shares or units in an ESOP trust that have been assigned to individual participant accounts based on a known formula. IRS rules require allocations to be nondiscriminatory generally based on compensation, length of service, or a combination of both. For any particular participant such shares or units may be vested, unvested, or partially vested. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 40 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6418621&loc=d3e17540-113929 + Details
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- Definition For grandfathered ESOP shares acquired prior to January 1, 1993, the actual interest incurred on debt for obligations that the employer may secure on behalf of the ESOP. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 105 -SubTopic 10 -Section 70 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=31814669&loc=SL6532572-165696 + Details
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