SHARE-BASED AWARDS SHARE-BASED AWARDS	3 Months Ended
Oct. 27, 2018
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
SHARE-BASED AWARDS	SHARE-BASED AWARDS Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2018, as amended, each outstanding Supervalu stock option, whether vested or unvested, that was unexercised as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (“SVU Option”) was converted, effective as of the effective time of the Merger, into a stock option exercisable for shares of common stock of the Company (“Replacement Option”) under the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”) in accordance with the adjustment provisions of the Supervalu stock plan pursuant to which such SVU Option was granted and the Merger Agreement, with such Replacement Option generally having the same terms and conditions as the underlying SVU Option. In addition, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each outstanding Supervalu restricted share award, restricted stock unit award, deferred share unit award and performance share unit award (“SVU Equity Award”) was converted, effective as of the effective time of the Merger, into time-vesting awards (“Replacement Award”) under the 2012 Plan with a settlement value equal to the merger consideration ($32.50 per share) multiplied by the number of shares of Supervalu common stock subject to such SVU Equity Award, and generally upon the same terms of the SVU Equity Award including the applicable change in control termination protections. The Merger Agreement originally provided that the Replacement Awards were payable in cash, however, the Merger Agreement was amended on October 10, 2018, to provide that the Replacement Awards could be settled at the Company’s election, in cash and/or an equal value in shares of common stock of the Company. During the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company authorized for issuance and registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on October 22, 2018 (the “Form S-8”) an additional 5,000,000 shares for issuance in order to satisfy the Replacement Options and Replacement Awards. As of October 27, 2018, there were 1,786,610 shares available for issuance under the 2012 Plan and an additional 5,000,000 shares for issuance solely to satisfy the Replacement Options and the Replacement Awards. In accordance with ASC 718, Compensation- Stock Compensation, the Replacement Awards are liability classified awards as they may ultimately be settled in cash or shares at the discretion of the employee because employees holding such equity awards were offered the opportunity to participate in an immediate sale program established by the Company on their behalf. The liability will not be marked-to-market each reporting period as the share-based awards will be settled in cash or shares based on the fixed value of $32.50 per share. The Company recognized total share-based compensation expense of $8.1 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2019 which included share-based compensation expense of $0.6 million for Supervalu Replacement Awards related to the post-combination period, beginning on the acquisition date through October 27, 2018. Share-based compensation expense does not include $21.4 million of charges for the settlement of share-based awards recorded as part of restructuring costs, described in Note 5. “Restructuring, Acquisition, and Integration Related Expenses” of which $20.6 million relates to change-in-control payments. The Company recorded share-based compensation expense of $7.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. The total income tax benefit for share-based compensation arrangements was $1.9 million and $2.2 million for the first quarters of fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2018, respectively. Supervalu Replacement Awards generally vest in three equal installments or cliff-vest after three years from the date they were originally granted by Supervalu. The Company’s other time vesting awards are typically four equal annual installments for employees and two equal installments for non-employee directors with the first installment on the date of grant and the second installment on the six month anniversary of the grant date. As of October 27, 2018, there was $106.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding share-based compensation arrangements (including stock options, restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units) of which $50.2 million relates to Supervalu Replacement Awards. Unrecognized compensation cost related to Replacement Options is de minimis. The total unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.5 years New Retirement Provision Subsequent to the first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2019, after reviewing retirement provisions and practices for the treatment of equity awards at comparable companies, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors determined to change the terms of its long-term compensation awards to accommodate executives who might consider retiring and to better assure that their awards provided an incentive to work for the long term best interests of the Company up to their termination date, and regardless of their retirement plans. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee determined that time-based vesting restricted stock units, with the exception of Replacement Awards, will continue to vest during retirement after termination of employment on the same terms as they would if the executive had not retired, but without the requirement that they remain employed. Performance share-units will be treated similarly on retirement, but subject to actual performance at the time achievement of performance objectives is measured. In addition, an executive’s equity awards granted in the year of retirement will be prorated to reflect the service period prior to the date of retirement. Retirement vesting will only be available to employees age 59 or older who voluntarily terminate employment after at least 10 years of service to the Company. As a result of these retirement provisions, the Company expects to record an additional share-based compensation charge of approximately $10 million during the remainder of fiscal 2019, with the majority of this expense to be recorded in the second fiscal quarter.

SHARE-BASED AWARDS

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2018, as amended, each outstanding Supervalu stock option, whether vested or unvested, that was unexercised as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (“SVU Option”) was converted, effective as of the effective time of the Merger, into a stock option exercisable for shares of common stock of the Company (“Replacement Option”) under the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”) in accordance with the adjustment provisions of the Supervalu stock plan pursuant to which such SVU Option was granted and the Merger Agreement, with such Replacement Option generally having the same terms and conditions as the underlying SVU Option. In addition, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each outstanding Supervalu restricted share award, restricted stock unit award, deferred share unit award and performance share unit award (“SVU Equity Award”) was converted, effective as of the effective time of the Merger, into time-vesting awards (“Replacement Award”) under the 2012 Plan with a settlement value equal to the merger consideration ($32.50 per share) multiplied by the number of shares of Supervalu common stock subject to such SVU Equity Award, and generally upon the same terms of the SVU Equity Award including the applicable change in control termination protections. The Merger Agreement originally provided that the Replacement Awards were payable in cash, however, the Merger Agreement was amended on October 10, 2018, to provide that the Replacement Awards could be settled at the Company’s election, in cash and/or an equal value in shares of common stock of the Company.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company authorized for issuance and registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on October 22, 2018 (the “Form S-8”) an additional 5,000,000 shares for issuance in order to satisfy the Replacement Options and Replacement Awards. As of October 27, 2018, there were 1,786,610 shares available for issuance under the 2012 Plan and an additional 5,000,000 shares for issuance solely to satisfy the Replacement Options and the Replacement Awards. In accordance with ASC 718, Compensation- Stock Compensation, the Replacement Awards are liability classified awards as they may ultimately be settled in cash or shares at the discretion of the employee because employees holding such equity awards were offered the opportunity to participate in an immediate sale program established by the Company on their behalf. The liability will not be marked-to-market each reporting period as the share-based awards will be settled in cash or shares based on the fixed value of $32.50 per share.

The Company recognized total share-based compensation expense of $8.1 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2019 which included share-based compensation expense of $0.6 million for Supervalu Replacement Awards related to the post-combination period, beginning on the acquisition date through October 27, 2018. Share-based compensation expense does not include $21.4 million of charges for the settlement of share-based awards recorded as part of restructuring costs, described in Note 5. “Restructuring, Acquisition, and Integration Related Expenses” of which $20.6 million relates to change-in-control payments. The Company recorded share-based compensation expense of $7.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. The total income tax benefit for share-based compensation arrangements was $1.9 million and $2.2 million for the first quarters of fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2018, respectively.

Supervalu Replacement Awards generally vest in three equal installments or cliff-vest after three years from the date they were originally granted by Supervalu. The Company’s other time vesting awards are typically four equal annual installments for employees and two equal installments for non-employee directors with the first installment on the date of grant and the second installment on the six month anniversary of the grant date. As of October 27, 2018, there was $106.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding share-based compensation arrangements (including stock options, restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units) of which $50.2 million relates to Supervalu Replacement Awards. Unrecognized compensation cost related to Replacement Options is de minimis. The total unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.5 years

New Retirement Provision

Subsequent to the first fiscal quarter of fiscal 2019, after reviewing retirement provisions and practices for the treatment of equity awards at comparable companies, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors determined to change the terms of its long-term compensation awards to accommodate executives who might consider retiring and to better assure that their awards provided an incentive to work for the long term best interests of the Company up to their termination date, and regardless of their retirement plans. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee determined that time-based vesting restricted stock units, with the exception of Replacement Awards, will continue to vest during retirement after termination of employment on the same terms as they would if the executive had not retired, but without the requirement that they remain employed. Performance share-units will be treated similarly on retirement, but subject to actual performance at the time achievement of performance objectives is measured. In addition, an executive’s equity awards granted in the year of retirement will be prorated to reflect the service period prior to the date of retirement. Retirement vesting will only be available to employees age 59 or older who voluntarily terminate employment after at least 10 years of service to the Company. As a result of these retirement provisions, the Company expects to record an additional share-based compensation charge of approximately $10 million during the remainder of fiscal 2019, with the majority of this expense to be recorded in the second fiscal quarter.