CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		4 Months Ended
	Jan. 28, 2023	Aug. 13, 2022	May 20, 2023	May 21, 2022
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net earnings including noncontrolling interests	$ 451	$ 732	$ 962	$ 666
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings including noncontrolling interests to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			957	890
Operating lease asset amortization			188	186
LIFO charge			99	93
Share-based employee compensation			49	57
Company-sponsored pension plans benefit			(2)	(12)
Deferred income taxes			(5)	(30)
Gain on the sale of assets			(41)
Loss on investments			78	532
Other			73	54
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Store deposits in-transit			(16)	(28)
Receivables			274	(2)
Inventories			419	(676)
Prepaid and other current assets			82	117
Trade accounts payable			233	439
Accrued expenses			(449)	(748)
Income taxes receivable and payable			198	(70)
Operating lease liabilities			(215)	(214)
Other			(24)	(152)
Net cash provided by operating activities			2,860	1,102
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Payments for property and equipment, including payments for lease buyouts			(1,028)	(745)
Proceeds from sale of assets			86	14
Other			(5)	8
Net cash used by investing activities			(947)	(723)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Payments on long-term debt including obligations under finance leases			(62)	(45)
Dividends paid			(188)	(154)
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock			23	113
Treasury stock purchases			(29)	(665)
Other			(40)	(67)
Net cash used by financing activities			(296)	(818)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and temporary cash investments			1,617	(439)
Cash and temporary cash investments:
Beginning of year		$ 1,382	1,015	1,821
End of period	$ 1,015		2,632	1,382
Reconciliation of capital investments:
Payments for property and equipment, including payments for lease buyouts			(1,028)	(745)
Payments for lease buyouts				3
Changes in construction-in-progress payables			(71)	(229)
Total capital investments, excluding lease buyouts			(1,099)	(971)
Disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for interest			164	198
Cash paid during the year for income taxes			$ 92	$ 244