SEGMENT INFORMATION - Net Sales of Retail Food and Independent Segment in Terms of Amounts and Percentage (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 25, 2017	Feb. 27, 2016	Feb. 28, 2015
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 12,480	$ 12,907	$ 13,277
% of total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Wholesale
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 7,705	$ 7,935	$ 8,198
% of total	61.70%	61.50%	61.70%
Wholesale | Nonperishable grocery products
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 5,579	$ 5,753	$ 5,939
% of total	45.00%	45.00%	45.00%
Wholesale | Perishable grocery products
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 1,969	$ 2,025	$ 2,099
% of total	16.00%	16.00%	16.00%
Wholesale | Services to Wholesale customers and other
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 157	$ 157	$ 160
% of total	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Retail
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 4,596	$ 4,769	$ 4,884
% of total	36.80%	36.90%	36.80%
Retail | Nonperishable grocery products
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 2,511	$ 2,607	$ 2,677
% of total	20.00%	20.00%	20.00%
Retail | Perishable grocery products
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 1,494	$ 1,549	$ 1,574
% of total	12.00%	12.00%	12.00%
Retail | Pharmacy products
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 500	$ 511	$ 510
% of total	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
Retail | Fuel
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 55	$ 67	$ 83
% of total	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%
Retail | Other
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 36	$ 35	$ 40
% of total	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Corporate | Services agreement revenue
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 179	$ 203	$ 195
% of total	1.00%	2.00%	1.00%