ACQUISITIONS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	May 03, 2014	Apr. 27, 2013	May 03, 2014	Apr. 27, 2013	May 03, 2014 Trudeau Foods, LLC [Member] customer_location	Nov. 02, 2013 Trudeau Foods, LLC [Member]	May 03, 2014 Trudeau Foods, LLC [Member] customer_location	May 03, 2014 Asset purchase agreements	Apr. 27, 2013 Asset purchase agreements	Oct. 27, 2012 Asset purchase agreements item	May 03, 2014 Asset purchase agreements	Apr. 27, 2013 Asset purchase agreements	May 03, 2014 Asset purchase agreements Minimum	May 03, 2014 Asset purchase agreements Maximum	May 03, 2014 Operating Segments [Member]	Apr. 27, 2013 Operating Segments [Member]	Oct. 27, 2012 Operating Segments [Member] company	May 03, 2014 Operating Segments [Member]	Apr. 27, 2013 Operating Segments [Member]
Acquisitions
Customer Locations Served by Acquiree					600		600
Finite-lived intangible asset, useful life (in years)						10 years
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired			$ (23,032,000)	$ (9,445,000)			$ (23,032,000)
Net sales of acquired business since acquisition					18,000,000		44,200,000
Number of distributors' assets acquired																	3
Cash consideration paid																	(9,245,000)
Potential earn-outs										3,700,000
Vesting period of time-based restricted stock units										4 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Acclerated Award Vesting Period										2 years
Period of which define net sales target meet or exceed										2 years
Identifiable intangible assets						9,500,000				3,100,000
Customer relationship, estimated useful life (in years)													5 years	10 years
Number of businesses acquired during the period										3
Net sales	$ 1,781,729,000	$ 1,566,217,000	$ 5,029,781,000	$ 4,421,957,000				$ 15,900,000	$ 12,500,000		$ 42,600,000	$ 38,000,000			$ 1,756,293,000	$ 1,548,419,000		$ 4,966,470,000	$ 4,373,880,000