Acquistions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 28, 2013

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block]

The acquired assets and assumed liabilities for both acquisitions include the following:

	Bolthouse Farms			Plum
Cash	$	3		$	1
Accounts receivable	74			15
Inventories	122			20
Other current assets	8			1
Plant assets	335			2
Goodwill	692			128
Other intangible assets	580			133
Other assets	8			—
Short-term debt	(1		)	—
Accounts payable	(59		)	(12		)
Accrued liabilities	(29		)	(5		)
Long-term debt	(1		)	—
Deferred income taxes	(156		)	(34		)
Other liabilities	(15		)	—
Total assets acquired and liabilities assumed	$	1,561		$	249

Schedule of Intangible Assets Acquired As Part of Business Combination [Table Text Block]

The fair value of identifiable intangible assets is as follows:

	Bolthouse Farms
	Type	Life in Years			Value
Trademarks	Non-amortizable	Indefinite			$	383
Customer relationships	Amortizable	20			132
Distributor relationship	Amortizable	7			2
Technology and patents	Amortizable	9	to	17	43
Formula and recipes	Amortizable	5			20
Total identifiable assets					$	580

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

The following unaudited summary information is presented on a consolidated pro forma basis as if both of the acquisitions had occurred on August 1, 2011.

	2013		2012
Net sales	$	8,140	$	7,941
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to Campbell Soup Company	$	680	$	711
Earnings per share from continuing operations attributable to Campbell Soup Company	$	2.15	$	2.22