Cash Flows Between Transferor and Transferee, Proceeds From New Transfers, Net

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Purchase Commitment, Remaining Maximum Amount Committed

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Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to newly transferred assets related to either a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (d)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64830801&loc=d3e107207-111719

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Cash Flows between a transferee and a transferor attributable to servicing fees related to a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph d
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64830801&loc=d3e107207-111719

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Receivables (Sale of Receivables) (Details) - USD ($)	8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Receivables (Sale of Receivables) (Details) - USD ($)	Nov. 26, 2015	Apr. 01, 2016	Apr. 21, 2015
The Royal Bank of Scotland, PLC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Receivables purchase facility commitment amount			$ 450,000,000
Other Income
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Purchase discount and administrative fees		$ 1,000,000
The Royal Bank of Scotland, PLC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Receivables sold	$ 1,500,000,000	1,700,000,000
Net impact of accounts receivable sales		$ 239,000,000