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Stockholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
6 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2014
Dec. 29, 2013
Oct. 16, 2012
Jan. 31, 2015
Equity [Line Items]        
Number of shares authorized     10,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased  
Number of shares of common stock repurchased 700,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares      
Total cost of repurchase $ 28,600,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue      
Dividends payable, amount per share $ 0.27us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare      
Payments of Dividends 131,561,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 124,082,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends    
Common stock, dividends, per share, cash paid $ 0.54us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid      
Equity Grants [Member]        
Equity [Line Items]        
Number of shares of common stock repurchased 151,100,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares
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Total cost of repurchase $ 6,100,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue
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Subsequent Event [Member]        
Equity [Line Items]        
Dividends payable, amount per share       $ 0.30us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare
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