Percentage of bonds purchased during the period.

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Company has offset the investment in the bonds against the related liability and neither is reflected on the consolidated balance sheet.

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Amount paid for purchase of lease property as cash.

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Amount paid for purchase of lease property as mortgage debt.

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Maximum contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Minimum contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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INDEBTEDNESS (Details Textual) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
INDEBTEDNESS (Details Textual) (USD $)	Mar. 30, 2011	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2007	Jan. 25, 2013	Apr. 09, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014
INDEBTEDNESS [Line Items]
Long-term Line of Credit		$ 4,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit				$ 5,600,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
Purchase Of Lease Property For Cash	7,500,000fred_PurchaseOfLeasePropertyForCash
Purchase Of Lease Property For Mortgage Bond	3,500,000
Bonds Purchased Percentage		100.00%fred_BondsPurchasedPercentage
Offset Value For Investment In Bonds		34,600,000fred_OffsetValueForInvestmentInBonds
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage Rate Range, Minimum	6.65%		6.31%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage Rate Range, Maximum	7.40%		7.40%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
INDEBTEDNESS [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity				20,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description				1.00% - 1.625% plus LIBOR
Long-term Line of Credit		3,777,000				0
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate		1.80%
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date				Jan. 25, 2016
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
INDEBTEDNESS [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description					1.25% or 1.50% plus eitherLIBOR
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date					Apr. 09, 2020
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
INDEBTEDNESS [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity				20,000,000
Long-term Line of Credit				50,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
INDEBTEDNESS [Line Items]
Long-term Line of Credit					150,000,000
Current Portion Of Line Of Credit [Member]
INDEBTEDNESS [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description		Currently, the Company’s rates are 162.5 basis points over LIBOR for borrowings
Long-term Line of Credit		3,800,000
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity		$ 46,200,000
Current Portion Of Line Of Credit [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
INDEBTEDNESS [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description					bear interest at 1.25% or 1.50% plus LIBOR based on our FIFO inventory balance.
Unused Portion Of Line Of Credit [Member]
INDEBTEDNESS [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description		27.5 basis points over LIBOR for the unused portion of the credit line
Unused Portion Of Line Of Credit [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
INDEBTEDNESS [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description					interest rates for the unused portion of the credit line are 20.0 basis points over LIBOR.