Segment Reporting - Revenues by Sales Channel (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Oct. 27, 2019	Jul. 28, 2019	Apr. 28, 2019	Jan. 27, 2019	Oct. 28, 2018	Jul. 29, 2018	Apr. 29, 2018	Jan. 28, 2018	Oct. 27, 2019	Oct. 28, 2018		Oct. 29, 2017
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Sales	$ 2,501,513	$ 2,290,705	$ 2,344,744	$ 2,360,355	$ 2,524,697	$ 2,359,142	$ 2,330,568	$ 2,331,293	$ 9,497,317	$ 9,545,700	[1]	$ 9,167,519	[1]
U.S. Retail
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Sales									4,947,398	5,112,988		5,492,825
U.S. Foodservice
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Sales									2,943,352	2,824,951		2,611,218
U.S. Deli
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Sales									939,069	914,009		460,250
International
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Sales									$ 667,498	$ 693,752		$ 603,226

[1] Adjusted due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2017-07, Compensation - Retirement Benefits: Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost (Topic 715). See Note A - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.