The Merger (Details) (USD $)				0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2012 ABL Facility	Mar. 31, 2012 ABL Facility	Jan. 13, 2012 ABL Facility	Apr. 04, 2012 First Lien Term Loan Facility	Jan. 31, 2012 First Lien Term Loan Facility	Dec. 29, 2012 First Lien Term Loan Facility	Dec. 29, 2011 Senior Notes	Dec. 29, 2012 Senior Notes	Mar. 31, 2012 Merger Sub	Jan. 14, 2012 Merger Sub	Jan. 13, 2012 Merger Sub	Jan. 13, 2012 Merger Sub Sponsors and the Rollover Investors	Jan. 13, 2012 Merger Sub The Rollover Investors	Jan. 13, 2012 Merger Sub ABL Facility	Feb. 29, 2012 Merger Sub ABL Facility	Jan. 13, 2012 Merger Sub First Lien Term Loan Facility	Jan. 13, 2012 Merger Sub Senior Notes	Jan. 31, 2012 Merger Sub Trademarks (20 year life) Y	Jan. 13, 2012 Merger Sub Trademarks (20 year life)	Jan. 13, 2012 Merger Sub Bargain Wholesale customer relationships	Jan. 13, 2012 Merger Sub Fair market value of favorable leases	Jan. 13, 2012 Merger Sub Trade name (indefinite life)
The Merger
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 175,000,000	$ 175,000,000	$ 175,000,000			$ 525,000,000								$ 175,000,000
Amount withdrawn for the Merger														10,000,000
Amount repaid															10,000,000
Term of debt				7 years										5 years		7 years
Additional amount borrowed					525,000,000		250,000,000									525,000,000	250,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)								11.00%									11.00%
Equity contributions												635,900,000
Purchase price											1,633,475,000
Sources:
Proceeds from debt														10,000,000		525,000,000	250,000,000
Proceeds from equity contributions												535,900,000	100,000,000
Cash on hand											212,575,000
Total sources											1,633,475,000
Uses:
Equity purchase price											1,577,563,000
OID and other debt issuance costs											41,911,000
Cash to balance sheet											14,001,000
Total uses											1,633,475,000
Allocation of purchase price additional disclosures
Purchase price											1,577,563,000
Less: net assets acquired											741,017,000
Excess of purchase price over book value of net assets acquired											836,546,000
Write up (down) of tangible assets:
Property and equipment											87,863,000
Land and buildings											63,549,000
Assets held for sale											(933,000)
Deferred rent											(425,000)
Leasing commission											(5,224,000)
Acquisition-related intangible assets:
Acquisition-related intangibles - indefinite life																						410,000,000
Acquisition-related intangibles - finite life																			1,822,000	20,000,000	46,723,000
Acquisition-related intangibles											478,545,000
Useful life																		20
Write down/(up) of liabilities:
Deferred rent and lease incentive revaluation											10,742,000
Fair market value of unfavorable leases											(19,836,000)
Deferred income taxes:
Deferred income taxes											(249,485,000)
Residual goodwill (1)											471,750,000
Excess of purchase price over book value of net assets acquired											836,546,000
Legal, financial advisory, accounting, and other merger related costs recognized									$ 10,600,000	$ 15,200,000