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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Earnings Per Share and Certain Related Information - Narrative (Details)								12 Months Ended
	May 05, 2020 $ / shares	Jan. 16, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 19, 2019 $ / shares	Jul. 11, 2019 $ / shares	May 02, 2019 $ / shares	Jan. 17, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 11, 2018 $ / shares	Sep. 27, 2019 USD ($) financial_institution	Mar. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 04, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 05, 2019 USD ($)
Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Abstract]
Amount authorized to be repurchased		$ 1,000,000,000.0				$ 1,000,000,000.0
Share repurchases								$ 500,000,000.0		$ 250,000,000.0	$ 250,000,000.0
Number of financial institutions \| financial_institution								2
Remaining authorized repurchase amount									$ 107,900,000
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividend declared (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.19	$ 0.17	$ 0.17	$ 0.17	$ 0.17	$ 0.15
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividend declared (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.19