SUBSEQUENT EVENT	3 Months Ended
May 05, 2018
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
SUBSEQUENT EVENT	NOTE 13: SUBSEQUENT EVENT On May 4, 2018, Fred’s entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Specialty Pharmacy Purchase Agreement”) with Advance Care Scripts, Inc. (the “ACS”), pursuant to which the ACS agreed to purchase certain specialty pharmacy assets of National Pharmaceutical Network, Inc. and Reeves-Sain Drug Store, Inc. (collectively, “Entrust”), consisting of three pharmacy locations, pharmaceutical inventory, and related intellectual property. The purchase price for the purchased assets was $40.0 million (plus an additional amount for inventory, not to exceed $5.5 million), subject to any adjustments. On June 1, 2018, the transactions contemplated by the Specialty Pharmacy Agreement were consummated. For additional information, see the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 4, 2018.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774

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