Revenues, Income from Operations and Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization and Other, for each of Reportable Segments (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 09, 2012	Sep. 11, 2011	Sep. 09, 2012	Sep. 11, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 378,077	$ 376,326	$ 1,138,789	$ 1,150,445
Income from operations	61,618	55,854	194,292	183,012
Segment Income	70,986	64,707	222,492	207,181
Domestic Stores
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	116,258	117,886	357,266	366,921
Income from operations	36,295	33,462	117,032	109,014
Segment Income	37,706	34,652	121,248	112,715
Domestic Supply Chain
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	234,492	235,997	699,350	714,375
Income from operations	16,476	14,861	50,888	50,844
Segment Income	18,273	16,484	56,122	55,808
International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	48,345	45,320	144,620	138,338
Income from operations	22,968	21,842	70,854	65,107
Segment Income	23,038	21,913	70,362	64,673
Intersegment Revenues
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	(21,018)	(22,877)	(62,447)	(69,189)
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Income from operations	(14,121)	(14,311)	(44,482)	(41,953)
Segment Income	$ (8,031)	$ (8,342)	$ (25,240)	$ (26,015)