DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jan. 25, 2020	Mar. 03, 2020
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. 25, 2020
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2020
Document Fiscal Period Focus (Q1,Q2,Q3,FY)	Q2
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Shell Company	false
Common Class A [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		10,042,598
Common Class B [Member]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		4,293,748