DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	9 Months Ended
	Apr. 27, 2019	Jun. 04, 2019
Entity Registrant Name	VILLAGE SUPER MARKET INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000103595
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--07-27
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Apr. 27, 2019
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019
Document Fiscal Period Focus (Q1,Q2,Q3,FY)	Q3
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Small Business	true
Common Class A [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		10,107,415
Common Class B [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		4,293,748