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Restructuring Charges and Asset Impairment - Schedule of Restructuring Charges and Asset Impairment (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	4 Months Ended
	Apr. 23, 2016	Apr. 25, 2015
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Changes in estimates	$ (96)
Food Distribution Segment [Member]
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Changes in estimates	$ 120
Retail [Member]
Restructuring Cost And Reserve [Line Items]
Changes in estimates		$ (287)

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Restructuring reserve change in estimates.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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