Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Earnings shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($) store $ / shares shares	Nov. 01, 2014 USD ($) store $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($) store $ / shares shares	Nov. 01, 2014 USD ($) store $ / shares shares
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales	$ 2,782,855	$ 2,598,820	$ 8,689,273	$ 8,008,979
Costs and Expenses
Cost of goods sold	2,003,347	1,882,185	6,190,282	5,734,387
Selling, general and administrative	443,354	410,002	1,287,878	1,185,029
Interest expense, net	4,427	777	8,082	577
Total costs and expenses	2,451,128	2,292,964	7,486,242	6,919,993
Earnings before taxes	331,727	305,856	1,203,031	1,088,986
Provision for taxes on earnings	116,071	113,136	446,531	412,792
Net earnings	$ 215,656	$ 192,720	$ 756,500	$ 676,194
Earnings per share
Basic (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.54	$ 0.47	$ 1.87	$ 1.63
Diluted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.53	$ 0.46	$ 1.85	$ 1.61
Weighted average shares outstanding (000)
Basic (in shares) | shares	401,494	411,732	404,636	414,920
Diluted (in shares) | shares	404,504	415,929	407,888	419,483
Dividends
Cash dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.1175	$ 0.1000	$ 0.3525	$ 0.3000
Stores open at end of period (in number of stores) | store	1,448	1,366	1,448	1,366