Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions	4 Months Ended
	Jun. 20, 2015	Jun. 14, 2014
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net earnings including noncontrolling interests	$ 64	$ 45
Other comprehensive income:
Recognition of pension and other postretirement benefit obligations, net of tax of $8 and $5, respectively	14	11
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax of $1 and $0, respectively	(1)	0
Comprehensive income including noncontrolling interests	77	56
Less comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3)	(2)
Comprehensive income attributable to SUPERVALU INC.	$ 74	$ 54