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Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Discounted

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Professional Services Agreement Term

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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Amount of lease payments to be received by lessor for operating lease.

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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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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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The value (monetary amount) of the award the plaintiff seeks in the legal matter.

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Minimum amount of purchase arrangement in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services from a supplier.

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COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS (Details)		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 21, 2021 case	May 01, 2021 USD ($) case
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Lessor receivables		$ 0
Non-cancelable future purchase obligations		$ 243,000,000
Multi-District Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of suits pending \| case		42
Number of cases consolidated \| case		1,800
Complaint from Various Health Plans
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of new causes of action \| case	6
Schutte and Yarberry v. SuperValu, New Albertson's, Inc., et al
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Alleged damages (in excess of)		$ 100,000,000
Share of potential award		$ 24,000,000
Moran Foods, LLC
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Professional services agreement term		5 years
Professional services agreement, base amount		$ 30,000,000
Guarantee Obligations
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated loss		1,000,000.0
Lease Guarantee Arrangements
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated loss		0
Indemnification Agreement
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimated loss		0
Payment guarantee
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, maximum exposure, undiscounted		28,000,000.0
Guarantor obligations, maximum exposure, discounted		$ 24,400,000
Payment guarantee \| Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, guarantees term		1 year
Payment guarantee \| Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, guarantees term		9 years
Payment guarantee \| Weighted average
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Guarantor obligations, guarantees term		5 years