DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jan. 27, 2018	Mar. 07, 2018
Entity Registrant Name	VILLAGE SUPER MARKET INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000103595
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--07-28
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Fiscal Period Focus (Q1,Q2,Q3,FY)	Q2
Amendment Flag	false
Common Class A [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		10,065,045
Common Class B [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		4,303,748