Sale of Receivables (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2016	Dec. 21, 2016
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Accounts receivable securitization facility		$ 250,000,000
Total availability under Receivables Facility	$ 224,000,000
Gain (loss) on sale of receivables recorded	0
Cash received upon sale of receivables	241,000,000
Deferred purchase price receivable	311,000,000
Liability recorded due to exceeded maximum funding limit	17,000,000
Expenses recorded related to fees	$ 0

Contractually Specified Servicing Fees, Expense

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- Definition

Transfer Of Financial Assets Accounted For As Sales, Deferred Purchase Price Receivable

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- Definition

Transfer Of Financial Assets Accounted For As Sales, Maximum Funding Threshold, Liability Recorded

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- Definition

Transfers of Financial Assets Accounted For As Sale, Securitization Facility Availability

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Transfers of Financial Assets Accounted for as Sale, Securitization Facility

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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64830801&loc=d3e107207-111719

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 10
-Section 40
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65892426&loc=d3e96813-111708

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Amount, before counterparty netting, of cash proceeds received in transfers of derecognized financial assets from transactions which comprise an initial transfer and an agreement entered into in contemplation of the initial transfer resulting in retention of substantially all of the exposure to the economic return throughout the term of the transaction.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4D
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64830801&loc=SL51823488-111719

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