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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 26, 2019 store	Oct. 27, 2018 USD ($) store	Oct. 28, 2017 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net sales | $		$ 2,868,156	$ 2,457,545
Shop 'n Save [Member] | Disposed of by Sale [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of stores held for sale		8
Hornbacher's [Member] | Disposed of by Sale [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of stores held for sale		8
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net sales | $		$ (37,564)	$ (44,545)
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] | Discontinued Operations [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net sales | $		$ (9,800)
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Shop 'n Save [Member] | Disposed of by Sale [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of stores sold	5
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | Hornbacher's [Member] | Disposed of by Sale [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of stores sold	7

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
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