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Loss Contingency, Alleged False Pricing Information Submitted To Number Of Government Healthcare Programs

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Loss Contingency, Data Breach, Number of Incidents

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Number Of Insurance Carriers Denied Insurance Coverage

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Amount of litigation expense, including but not limited to legal, forensic, accounting, and investigative fees.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Commitments and Contingencies and Off Balance Sheet Arrangements - Legal Contingencies (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Feb. 18, 2018 $ / shares	Aug. 30, 2017 plaintiff	Dec. 09, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015 program	Aug. 10, 2015 plaintiff	Jun. 16, 2018 lawsuit	Jan. 04, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 20, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 06, 2015 state insurance_carrier incident
Rite Aid
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cash payment for Rite Aid common stockholder (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.1832
Conversion ratio for common stockholders without cash payment	0.0079
Settled titigation \| MasterCard litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Settlement payment \| $			$ 6.0
Pending litigation \| Mertz v. SuperValu Inc and Rocke V. SuperValu Inc.
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed against the company \| lawsuit						2
Number of plaintiffs \| plaintiff		1			16
Pending litigation \| Qui Tam Lawsuits
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed against the company \| lawsuit						3
Pending litigation \| Safeway Inc \| Safeway's 401(k) Plan
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed against the company \| lawsuit						2
Pending litigation \| Safeway Inc \| Qui Tam Lawsuits
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of government healthcare programs the Company is alleged to submitted fraudulent pricing information to \| program				4
Dismissed \| Mertz v. SuperValu Inc and Rocke V. SuperValu Inc.
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs \| plaintiff		15
Threatened litigation \| AB Acquisition \| Security breach
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of states requesting information concerning data breach incidents \| state										14
Number of data breach incidents \| incident										2
Number of insurance carriers denied cyber insurance coverage \| insurance_carrier										2
Additional assessments and card reissuance costs \| MasterCard litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss \| $								$ 1.0
Financial standby letter of credit
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss \| $							$ 1.0		$ 15.0