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Stock-based Compensation (Assumptions Used In Monte Carlo Simulation) (Details) (TSR Performance Restricted Stock Units [Member])
6 Months Ended
Feb. 01, 2015
Jan. 26, 2014
TSR Performance Restricted Stock Units [Member]
   
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Risk-free interest rate 0.97%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= cpb_TSRPerformanceRestrictedStockUnitsMember
0.60%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= cpb_TSRPerformanceRestrictedStockUnitsMember
Expected dividend yield 2.91%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= cpb_TSRPerformanceRestrictedStockUnitsMember
2.98%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= cpb_TSRPerformanceRestrictedStockUnitsMember
Expected volatility 16.20%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= cpb_TSRPerformanceRestrictedStockUnitsMember
15.76%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= cpb_TSRPerformanceRestrictedStockUnitsMember
Expected term, years 3 years 3 years