DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	3 Months Ended
	Oct. 27, 2018	Dec. 05, 2018
Entity Registrant Name	VILLAGE SUPER MARKET INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000103595
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--07-27
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Oct. 27, 2018
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019
Document Fiscal Period Focus (Q1,Q2,Q3,FY)	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Common Class A [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		10,070,676
Common Class B [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		4,303,748