CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended
		Jan. 31, 2020	Feb. 01, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income		$ 104,391	$ 107,962
Net loss from unconsolidated subsidiary		9,564	0
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		58,277	51,056
Loss on disposition of property and equipment		4,005	5,760
Impairment		664	0
Share-based compensation		3,920	4,133
Noncash lease expense		30,845	0
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Inventories		(2,167)	4,851
Other current assets		(5,005)	(2,334)
Accounts payable		(10,779)	(4,447)
Other current liabilities		6,609	20,641
Other long-term assets and liabilities		(16,320)	3,241
Net cash provided by operating activities		184,004	190,863
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment		(58,371)	(70,286)
Proceeds from insurance recoveries of property and equipment		82	457
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		1,565	91
Notes receivable from unconsolidated subsidiary		(33,000)	0
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired		(32,971)	0
Net cash used in investing activities		(122,695)	(69,738)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		215,000	400,000
Taxes withheld from issuance of share-based compensation awards		(1,994)	(2,057)
Principal payments under long-term debt		(155,000)	(400,000)
Purchases and retirement of common stock		(20,000)	0
Deferred financing costs		0	(3,022)
Dividends on common stock		(63,359)	(61,138)
Net cash used in financing activities		(25,353)	(66,217)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		35,956	54,908
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		36,884	114,656
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period		72,840	169,564
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest, net of amounts capitalized		8,564	4,217
Income taxes		5,277	20,201
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Capital expenditures accrued in accounts payable	[1]	3,244	7,548
Change in fair value of interest rate swaps	[1]	(3,235)	(3,672)
Change in deferred tax asset for interest rate swaps	[1]	748	926
Dividends declared but not yet paid	[1]	$ 32,231	$ 31,093

[1] *See Note 11 for additional supplemental disclosures related to leases