Summary of Derivative Financial Instruments, Related Fair Value and Balance Sheet Classification (Detail) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified																										6 Months Ended
	Jul. 28, 2012 USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar (Accrued Expense) CAD	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar (Accrued Expense) GBP (£)	Jul. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar Prepaid Expense USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar Prepaid Expense CAD	Jul. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Pound To Canadian Dollar Prepaid Expense GBP (£)	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) CAD	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Zloty To Canadian Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) PLN	Jul. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Euro To Pound (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Euro To Pound (Accrued Expense) EUR (€)	Jul. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Euro To Pound (Accrued Expense) GBP (£)	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Euro To Pound Prepaid Expense USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Euro To Pound Prepaid Expense EUR (€)	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Euro To Pound Prepaid Expense GBP (£)	Jul. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) EUR (€)	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar Prepaid Expense USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of Euro To US Dollar Prepaid Expense EUR (€)	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound Prepaid Expense USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound Prepaid Expense GBP (£)	Jul. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound Prepaid Expense USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 Intercompany Balances, Primarily Short-Term Debt And Related Interest Conversion Of US Dollar To Pound Prepaid Expense GBP (£)	Jul. 28, 2012 Diesel Fuel Contracts	Jul. 30, 2011 Diesel Fuel Contracts	Jul. 28, 2012 Diesel Fuel Contracts (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 Diesel Fuel Contracts Prepaid Expense USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) CAD	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To US Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) CAD	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) CAD	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) EUR (€)	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) CAD	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Canadian Dollar To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) EUR (€)	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) GBP (£)	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Pound To US Dollar Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) GBP (£)	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Pound To Euro (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Pound To Euro (Accrued Expense) EUR (€)	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Pound To Euro (Accrued Expense) GBP (£)	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Pound To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Pound To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) EUR (€)	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of Pound To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) GBP (£)	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2012 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) EUR (€)	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2011 Merchandise Purchase Commitments Conversion Of US Dollar To Euro Prepaid Expense / (Accrued Expense) EUR (€)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Hedge accounting not elected, Pay					£ 40,000			£ 70,000			91,500		€ 25,000			€ 25,000			€ 75,292		€ 102,002	$ 85,389		$ 85,894							277,963		441,733		6,425			9,163			£ 81,860		£ 45,905			£ 39,582			£ 31,094	$ 15,197		$ 4,185
Hedge accounting not elected, Receive				63,330			110,336			27,247				21,265			21,335	101,227		136,656			55,000		55,000					277,245		452,345				5,050			6,700	129,500		75,000			44,700			38,000			12,166		2,916
Blended Contract Rate			1.5833	1.5833	1.5833	1.5762	1.5762	1.5762	0.2978	0.2978	0.2978	0.8506	0.8506	0.8506	0.8534	0.8534	0.8534	1.3445	1.3445	1.3397	1.3397	0.6441	0.6441	0.6403	0.6403					0.9974	0.9974	1.0240	1.0240	0.7860	0.7860	0.7860	0.7312	0.7312	0.7312	1.5820	1.5820	1.6338	1.6338	1.1293	1.1293	1.1293	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	0.8006	0.8006	0.6968	0.6968
Current Asset	18,475	7,204				324			344						2,722			8		10,746		1,191		4,290					1,750	2,053		610		3			64			1,129		126					220			67		32
Current (Liability)	(5,271)	(18,761)	(167)						(178)			(1,006)						(6,856)										(4)		(1,559)		(9,637)		(179)			(14)			(553)		(515)		(709)			(2,367)			(264)		(24)
Net Fair Value	$ 13,204	$ (11,557)	$ (167)			$ 324			$ 166			$ (1,006)			$ 2,722			$ (6,848)		$ 10,746		$ 1,191		$ 4,290				$ (4)	$ 1,750	$ 494		$ (9,027)		$ (176)			$ 50			$ 576		$ (389)		$ (709)			$ (2,147)			$ (197)		$ 8
Economic hedges for which hedge accounting was not elected, Diesel contracts, Pay																										Fixed on 430K - 1.7M gal per month	Fixed on 11.4M gal per month
Economic hedges for which hedge accounting was not elected, Diesel contracts, Receive																										Float on 430K -1.7M gal per month	Float on 11.4M gal per month