Leases - Schedule of Maturities of Lease Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 29, 2023	Oct. 30, 2022
Operating Leases
2024	$ 31,718
2025	29,050
2026	26,066
2027	19,769
2028	12,873
2029 and beyond	35,608
Total Lease Payments	155,084
Less: Imputed Interest	19,609
Present Value of Lease Liabilities	135,475
Finance Leases
2024	9,637
2025	8,101
2026	5,666
2027	4,314
2028	10,542
2029 and beyond	685
Total Lease Payments	38,944
Less: Imputed Interest	2,859
Present Value of Lease Liabilities	36,085	$ 44,473
Total
2024	41,355
2025	37,152
2026	31,732
2027	24,083
2028	23,414
2029 and beyond	36,293
Total Lease Payments	194,028
Less: Imputed Interest	22,468
Present Value of Lease Liabilities	171,560
Finance lease payments, included amount, purchase asset reasonably certain	8,100
Minimum lease payments excluded from lease payments for leases signed but not yet commenced	$ 31,200

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-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-6

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