Valuation And Qualifying Accounts And Reserves (Changes In Allowance For Doubtful Accounts) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Oct. 28, 2011	Oct. 29, 2010	Oct. 30, 2009
Schedule II - Valuation And Qualifying Accounts And Reserves [Abstract]
Beginning balance	$ 17,459	$ 21,768	$ 16,389
Amount acquired through acquisitions	309	1,434
Bad debt expense	2,992	(668)	11,186
Uncollectable accounts written off, net of recoveries	(5,783)	(5,075)	(5,807)
Ending balance	$ 14,977	$ 17,459	$ 21,768

Total of allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 09

-Article 12

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 4

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690

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Total of recoveries of amounts due the Entity that had previously been written off as uncollectible using allowances (the valuation accounts that are netted against the cost of an asset to value it at its carrying value) and total of reestablishments of reserves (liabilities established to represent expected future costs) that had previously been utilized.

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