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Employees' Stock Incentive Plans and Management Incentive Plans.

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Forfeitures of restricted stock recorded as treasury share repurchases number of shares.

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Sum of the allocated, committed-to-be-released and suspense shares of the entity held by the plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Number of shares issued during the period as a result of an employee stock purchase plan.

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Employees' Stock Incentive Plans and Management Incentive Plans 7 (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended					26 Months Ended	36 Months Ended
	Apr. 27, 2011	Feb. 15, 2011	Apr. 28, 2010	Feb. 15, 2010	Apr. 29, 2009	Apr. 27, 2011	Feb. 15, 2009
Employees Stock Incentive Plans And Management Incentive Plans (Textuals) [Abstract]
Time at which substantially all employees can purchase shares of the Company's common stock at a discounted price through payroll deductions	End of two six-month offering periods
Purchase price of the option as a percentage of fair market value of the Company's common stock						95.00%	85.00%
Forfeitures of restricted stock recorded as treasury share repurchases, number of shares	1,400,000
Orignal number of shares available for issuance under the GSPP	5,000,000					5,000,000
Number of shares purchased under global stock purchase plan		185,716		280,006
Compensation under the management incentive plans	$ 45		$ 49		$ 38
Performance period in years for dividends paid	P2Y
Number of Trading Days for LTTP Peer Group Company Stock Price	P60D
Compensation cost related to long-term performance program recognized in G & A	21.5		20.7		17.4
Tax benefit from compensation cost related to long-term performance program	$ 7.4		$ 7.0		$ 5.9