Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Earnings shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 30, 2016 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares	Aug. 01, 2015 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares	Jul. 30, 2016 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares	Aug. 01, 2015 USD ($) stores $ / shares shares
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales	$ 3,180,917	$ 2,968,270	$ 6,269,912	$ 5,906,418
Costs and Expenses
Cost of goods sold	2,251,845	2,119,480	4,428,050	4,186,935
Selling, general and administrative	469,511	435,226	906,435	844,524
Interest expense, net	4,213	1,652	8,577	3,655
Total costs and expenses	2,725,569	2,556,358	5,343,062	5,035,114
Earnings before taxes	455,348	411,912	926,850	871,304
Provision for taxes on earnings	173,442	153,273	354,310	330,460
Net earnings	$ 281,906	$ 258,639	$ 572,540	$ 540,844
Earnings per share
Basic (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.72	$ 0.64	$ 1.45	$ 1.33
Diluted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.71	$ 0.63	$ 1.44	$ 1.32
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic (in shares) | shares	393,568	404,760	394,684	406,211
Diluted (in shares) | shares	395,930	407,693	397,381	409,562
Dividends
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.1350	$ 0.1175	$ 0.270	$ 0.235
Stores open at end of period (in number of stores) | stores	1,501	1,424	1,501	1,424