Retirement Plans (Health Care Cost Trend Rates for Postretirement Health Plans) (Details)	12 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2020	Sep. 29, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Participants under age 65
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Health care cost trend rate for next year	6.75%	7.00%	7.25%
Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline	4.50%	4.50%	4.50%
Year the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate	2030	2030	2030
Participants age 65 or older
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Health care cost trend rate for next year	6.25%	6.50%	6.75%
Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline	4.50%	4.50%	4.50%
Year the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate	2028	2028	2028

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Assumed rate, for next fiscal year, based on annual change in cost of health care cost benefits used to measure expected cost of benefits covered by defined benefit postretirement plan. Factors include, but are not limited to, estimate of health care inflation, change in health care utilization or delivery pattern, technological advances, and change in health status of participant. Excludes factors for change in composition of plan population by age and dependency status.

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Ultimate trend rate for health care cost for defined benefit postretirement plan.

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