Income Taxes (Internal Revenue Service Settlement) (Details) (2003 through 2006 IRS Settlement [Member], USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2009	Jul. 02, 2011	Jul. 03, 2010
2003 through 2006 IRS Settlement [Member]
Internal revenue service audit period	2003 through 2006
Date of settlement	first quarter of fiscal 2010
Period of years for tax settlement payments	3
IRS settlement one-time payment, total	$ 41,000,000
IRS settlement one-time payment, non-deductible portion	39,000,000
IRS tax settlement payments made		212,000,000	528,000,000
IRS tax settlement payments to be made in next fiscal year		212,000,000
Income tax benefit from domestic tax settlements	$ 29,000,000		$ 29,000,000

Represents the effective date of Sysco's settlement with the taxing authority. May be stated in terms of fiscal quarter or actual date.

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Represents the period over which the payments will be made pursuant to Sysco's settlement with the taxing authority.

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The amount of Sysco's tax settlement to be paid in the following fiscal year.

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Represents the non-deductible portion of the one-time payment payable upon Sysco's settlement with the taxing authority.

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Represents the one-time payment payable upon Sysco's settlement with the taxing authority.

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Reflects the year to date payments made according to Sysco's settlement with the taxing authority.

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- Definition

The tax year(s) being audited in connection with the income tax examination.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (d)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32718-109319

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The portion of the difference between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations attributable to domestic income tax settlements for the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32698-109319

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32687-109319

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