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Derivative Instruments and Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 26, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014	Sep. 26, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014	Dec. 27, 2014
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges	$ 1	$ 6	$ 10	$ 77
Capitalized computer software impairments				13
Website
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges				12
Abandonment of Software Implementation Project
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges				28
Retail Stores
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges	1	6	9	$ 25
Retail Stores \| Favorable Leases
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges		$ 1	$ 1
Retail Stores \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage used for analysis			13.00%
Increased payroll costs percentage			6.00%
Increase in impairment charges due to increase in payroll costs			$ 5
Retail Stores \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Next year
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Decrease in sales for scenario			1.00%
Decrease in gross margin for scenario			0.50%
Retail Stores \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Next year \| Additional impairment charges
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges			$ 1
Retail Stores \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| All future periods
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Decrease in sales for scenario			1.00%
Retail Stores \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| All future periods \| Additional impairment charges
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges			$ 1
Retail Stores \| Discounted Cash Flow Analysis \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Property and equipment, fair value	1		1
Retail Stores \| Stores Reduced to Estimated Salvage Value \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Property and equipment, salvage value	2		$ 2
Foreign Exchange Contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contracts expiration date			2016-01
Fuel Contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contracts expiration date			2016-01
Derivative Fuel and Foreign Exchange Contracts Payable
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	$ 5		$ 5		$ 6