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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2021

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Finite-lived Intangible Assets

Intangible assets with definite lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over the following years:

Customer relationships			7 - 20 years
Trademarks and tradenames			2 - 10 years
Favorable operating leases			2 - 8 years
Unfavorable operating leases			2 - 8 years
Pharmacy prescription files			7 years

Schedule of Changes in Insurance Liabilities

Changes in the Company’s self-insurance liabilities consisted of the following:

(in millions)			2021						2020						2019
Beginning balance			$	101					$	89					$	25
Assumed liabilities from the Supervalu acquisition			—						—						55
Expense			48						44						43
Claim payments			(48)						(36)						(33)
Reclassifications			2						4						(1)
Ending balance			$	103					$	101					$	89

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Tabular disclosure of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life, by either major class or business segment.

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