Net Income per Common Share - Reconciliation of Numerator and Denominator of Basic and Diluted Per Share (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017		Apr. 30, 2017		Jan. 31, 2017		Oct. 31, 2016		Jul. 31, 2016		Apr. 30, 2016		Jan. 31, 2016		Oct. 31, 2015		Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Earnings from continuing operations	$ 25,242		$ 22,553		$ 25,297		$ 22,553		$ 25,136		$ 20,981		$ 15,290		$ 18,703		$ 95,645	$ 80,110	$ 4,902
Cash dividends on Common Stock																	$ 41,880	$ 40,808	$ 40,976
Denominator for basic earnings per share for both Class A and Class B																	51,056	50,541	51,285
Plus: Effect of dilutive stock options																	900	228	98
Denominator for diluted earnings per share for both Class A and Class B																	51,956	50,769	51,383
Class A Nonvoting Common Stock [Member]
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations, per basic share	$ 0.49	[1]	$ 0.44	[1]	$ 0.50	[1]	$ 0.45	[1]	$ 0.50	[1]	$ 0.42	[1]	$ 0.30	[1]	$ 0.37	[1]	$ 1.87	$ 1.59	$ 0.10
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations, per diluted share	$ 0.48	[1]	$ 0.43	[1]	$ 0.49	[1]	$ 0.44	[1]	$ 0.49	[1]	$ 0.42	[1]	$ 0.30	[1]	$ 0.37	[1]	1.84	1.58	0.10
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, per basic share																	0.00	0.00	(0.04)
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, per diluted share																	0.00	0.00	(0.04)
Net earnings (loss) per share, basic																	1.87	1.59	0.06
Net earnings (loss) per share, diluted																	$ 1.84	$ 1.58	$ 0.06
Class B Voting Common Stock [Member]
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Earnings from continuing operations																	$ 94,843	$ 79,326	$ 4,107
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations, per basic share																	$ 1.86	$ 1.57	$ 0.08
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations, per diluted share																	1.83	1.56	0.08
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, per basic share																	0.00	0.00	(0.04)
(Loss) earnings from discontinued operations, per diluted share																	0.00	0.00	(0.04)
Net earnings (loss) per share, basic																	1.86	1.57	0.04
Net earnings (loss) per share, diluted																	$ 1.83	$ 1.56	$ 0.04
Preferential Dividends on Class A Nonvoting Common Stock [Member]
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Cash dividends on Common Stock																	$ 788	$ 783	$ 794
Preferential Dividends on Dilutive Shares [Member]
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Cash dividends on Common Stock																	$ 14	$ 1	$ 1

[1] Quarters First Second Third Fourth TotalFiscal 2016 Net sales $283,073 $268,630 $286,816 $282,106 $1,120,625Gross margin 139,349 132,892 145,443 141,089 558,773Operating income 30,102 23,589 30,784 33,403 117,878Net earnings 18,703 15,290 20,981 25,136 80,110Net earnings per Class A Nonvoting Common Share: Basic $0.37 $0.30 $0.42 $0.50 $1.59Diluted $0.37 $0.30 $0.42 $0.49 $1.58Fiscal 2017 Net sales $280,176 $268,001 $275,927 $289,212 $1,113,316Gross margin 140,358 134,158 139,909 143,867 558,292Operating income 33,208 29,962 31,550 36,295 131,015Net earnings 22,553 25,297 22,553 25,242 95,645Net earnings per Class A Nonvoting Common Share: Basic * $0.45 $0.50 $0.44 $0.49 $1.87Diluted $0.44 $0.49 $0.43 $0.48 $1.84* The sum of the quarters does not equal the year-to-date total for fiscal 2017 due to the quarterly changes in weighted-average shares outstanding.