MULTI-EMPLOYER PENSION PLANS (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended																					12 Months Ended						3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Jan. 28, 2012	Feb. 02, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012	Jan. 29, 2011	Jan. 28, 2012 Red zone Maximum	Jan. 28, 2012 Yellow zone Maximum	Jan. 28, 2012 Green zone Minimum	Feb. 02, 2013 Memorandum of understanding with United Food and Commercial Workers International Union	Jan. 28, 2012 Memorandum of understanding with United Food and Commercial Workers International Union item	Jan. 01, 2012 Memorandum of understanding with United Food and Commercial Workers International Union	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund SO CA UFCW Unions & Food Employers Joint Pension Trust Fund item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund SO CA UFCW Unions & Food Employers Joint Pension Trust Fund	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund SO CA UFCW Unions & Food Employers Joint Pension Trust Fund	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund BD of Trustees of UNTD Food and Commercial	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund BD of Trustees of UNTD Food and Commercial	Dec. 31, 2011 Pension Fund BD of Trustees of UNTD Food and Commercial item	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund Desert States Employers & UFCW Unions Pension Plan item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Desert States Employers & UFCW Unions Pension Plan	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Desert States Employers & UFCW Unions Pension Plan	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund UFCW Unions and Food Employers Pension Plan of Central Ohio	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund UFCW Unions and Food Employers Pension Plan of Central Ohio	Dec. 31, 2011 Pension Fund UFCW Unions and Food Employers Pension Plan of Central Ohio item	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund Sound Retirement Trust (formerly Retail Clerks Pension Plan) item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Sound Retirement Trust (formerly Retail Clerks Pension Plan)	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Sound Retirement Trust (formerly Retail Clerks Pension Plan)	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund Rocky Mountain UFCW Unions and Employers Pension Plan item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Rocky Mountain UFCW Unions and Employers Pension Plan	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Rocky Mountain UFCW Unions and Employers Pension Plan	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Indiana UFCW Unions and Retail Food Employers Pension Plan	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Indiana UFCW Unions and Retail Food Employers Pension Plan	Dec. 31, 2011 Pension Fund Indiana UFCW Unions and Retail Food Employers Pension Plan item	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund Bakery and Confectionary Union & Industry International Pension Fund item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Bakery and Confectionary Union & Industry International Pension Fund	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Bakery and Confectionary Union & Industry International Pension Fund	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund Washington Meat Industry Pension Trust item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Washington Meat Industry Pension Trust	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Washington Meat Industry Pension Trust	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund Retail Food Employers & UFCW Local 711 Pension item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Retail Food Employers & UFCW Local 711 Pension	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Retail Food Employers & UFCW Local 711 Pension	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund Denver Area Meat Cutters and Employers Pension Plan item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Denver Area Meat Cutters and Employers Pension Plan	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Denver Area Meat Cutters and Employers Pension Plan	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Northwest Ohio UFCW Union and Employers Joint Pension Fund	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Northwest Ohio UFCW Union and Employers Joint Pension Fund	Dec. 31, 2011 Pension Fund Northwest Ohio UFCW Union and Employers Joint Pension Fund item	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund UFCW Consolidated Pension Plan	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund UFCW Consolidated Pension Plan	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund UFCW Consolidated Pension Plan item	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund UFCW Consolidated Pension Plan	Jan. 02, 2012 Pension Fund UFCW Consolidated Pension Plan item	Feb. 02, 2013 Pension Fund Other	Jan. 28, 2012 Pension Fund Other	Jan. 29, 2011 Pension Fund Other
MULTI-EMPLOYER PLANS
Number of locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union that participate in the four multi-employer pension funds									14
Number of multi-employer pension funds									4
Number of multi-employer pension funds after the consolidation									1
Pre-tax underfunded amount of the four existing multi-employer pension plans before adjustment										$ 911
Pre-tax underfunded amount of the four existing multi-employer pension plans										858
Amount of adjustment recorded reducing estimated commitment								53
Contribution allocated to Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability	600
Contribution allocated to service and interest costs and expense	50
Percentage of funded status					65.00%	80.00%	80.00%
Contribution to other multi-employer benefit plans		$ 1,100	$ 1,000	$ 900							$ 492	$ 946	$ 262	$ 43	$ 40	$ 41	$ 59	$ 47		$ 22	$ 20	$ 17	$ 23	$ 21		$ 12	$ 10	$ 9	$ 17	$ 16	$ 16	$ 5	$ 5		$ 7	$ 6	$ 6	$ 10	$ 9	$ 6	$ 3	$ 2	$ 2	$ 8	$ 7	$ 7	$ 8	$ 8	$ 8	$ 33	$ 33	$ 30	$ 2	$ 2		$ 30	$ 31	$ 30	$ 12	$ 14	$ 8	$ 258	$ 650	$ 275	$ 650		$ 12	$ 11	$ 7
Minimum percentage of total contributions received by pension fund														5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%		5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%		5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%		5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%								5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%
Number of multi-employer pension funds																			4						4									4																					4
Number of multi-employer pension funds before consolidation																																																																		4
Most Significant Collective Bargaining Agreements Count														2						1						2			1						3			4			1			2			1			2						5			2					8