Segment Reporting - Revenues by Geographic Locations (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Oct. 27, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 27, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 27, 2019 USD ($) segment	Oct. 28, 2018 USD ($) segment		Oct. 29, 2017 USD ($)
Revenues attributable to U.S. and Foreign countries
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]
Number of segments | segment									4	4
United States
Revenues attributable to U.S. and Foreign countries
Sales									$ 8,934,911	$ 8,957,305		8,631,325
Foreign
Revenues attributable to U.S. and Foreign countries
Sales									$ 562,406	$ 588,395		$ 536,194

[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.