DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	6 Months Ended
	Jan. 24, 2015	Mar. 04, 2015
Entity Registrant Name	VILLAGE SUPER MARKET INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000103595
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--07-25
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jan. 24, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus (Q1,Q2,Q3,FY)	Q2
Amendment Flag	false
Common Class A [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		9,696,583
Common Class B [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		4,360,998