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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Schedule Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 3 Months Ended
Jan. 30, 2015
Jan. 24, 2014
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Beginning Balance $ (19,670)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax $ 53,419us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications (57,339)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax (1,096)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income 4,773us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax 2,036us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Ending Balance (72,236)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax 54,359us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, tax 122val_ReclassificationfromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodTax 123val_ReclassificationfromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodTax
Foreign Currency Translation [Member]    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Beginning Balance 70,820us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		 [1] 133,603us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		 [1]
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications (57,692)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		 [1] (727)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		 [1]
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income 0us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		 [1] 0us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		 [1]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Ending Balance 13,128us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		 [1] 132,876us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedTranslationAdjustmentMember		 [1]
Benefit Obligations [Member]    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Beginning Balance (82,402)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 [2] (70,940)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 [2]
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications 0us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 [2] 0us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 [2]
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income 4,359us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 [2] 1,723us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 [2]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Ending Balance (78,043)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 [2] (69,217)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedDefinedBenefitPlansAdjustmentMember		 [2]
Financial Instruments [Member]    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Beginning Balance (8,088)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		 [3] (9,244)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		 [3]
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications 353us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		 [3] (369)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		 [3]
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income 414us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		 [3] 313us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		 [3]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Ending Balance $ (7,321)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		 [3] $ (9,300)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= us-gaap_AccumulatedNetGainLossFromDesignatedOrQualifyingCashFlowHedgesMember		 [3]
[1] We deem our foreign investments to be permanent in nature and therefore do not provide for taxes on foreign currency translation adjustments.
[2] Taxes on benefit obligations are recorded in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year.
[3] Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income for financial instruments were net of taxes of $122 for the first quarter of 2015 and $123 for the first quarter of 2014.