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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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The current period expense charged against earnings on long-lived, physical assets not used in production, and which are not intended for resale, to allocate or recognize the cost of such assets over their useful lives; or to record the reduction in book value of an intangible asset over the benefit period of such asset; or to reflect consumption during the period of an asset that is not used in production.

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The net result for the period of deducting operating expenses from operating revenues.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale; includes cash outflows to pay for construction of self-constructed assets.

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Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and discounts.

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Segment Information (Operations By Lines Of Business) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 24, 2017	Mar. 25, 2017	Dec. 24, 2016	Sep. 24, 2016	Jun. 25, 2016	Mar. 26, 2016	Dec. 26, 2015	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 24, 2016	Sep. 26, 2015
Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Line Items]
Total revenues from unaffiliated customers	$ 1,089,392,000	$ 984,398,000	$ 946,152,000	$ 982,758,000	$ 962,373,000	$ 957,178,000	$ 924,312,000	$ 951,114,000	$ 4,002,699,727	$ 3,794,977,406	$ 3,778,643,782
Total income from operations									127,912,744	128,601,998	139,182,043
Total assets	1,733,305,774				1,686,478,299				1,733,305,774	1,686,478,299	1,654,828,000
Total capital expenditures									127,695,650	137,642,132	104,055,949
Depreciation And Amortization									110,929,378	106,587,686	102,876,964
Elimination of intercompany receivable [Member]
Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Line Items]
Total assets	(2,469,000)				(2,415,000)				(2,469,000)	(2,415,000)	(2,338,000)
Grocery [Member]
Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Line Items]
Total revenues from unaffiliated customers									1,424,891,000	1,392,311,000	1,387,195,000
Non-foods [Member]
Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Line Items]
Total revenues from unaffiliated customers									858,409,000	817,161,000	769,168,000
Perishables [Member]
Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Line Items]
Total revenues from unaffiliated customers									1,061,560,000	1,011,749,000	981,221,000
Gasoline [Member]
Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Line Items]
Total revenues from unaffiliated customers									515,857,000	435,578,000	498,220,000
Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Line Items]
Total revenues from unaffiliated customers									3,860,717,000	3,656,799,000	3,635,804,000
Total income from operations									112,017,000	112,906,000	126,143,000
Total assets	1,600,699,000				1,555,319,000				1,600,699,000	1,555,319,000	1,525,682,000
Total capital expenditures									125,866,000	134,732,000	100,894,000
Depreciation And Amortization									103,304,000	99,322,000	95,540,000
Other Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Line Items]
Total revenues from unaffiliated customers									141,983,000	138,178,000	142,840,000
Total income from operations									15,896,000	15,696,000	13,039,000
Total assets	$ 135,076,000				$ 133,574,000				135,076,000	133,574,000	131,484,000
Total capital expenditures									1,830,000	2,910,000	3,162,000
Depreciation And Amortization									$ 7,625,000	$ 7,266,000	$ 7,337,000