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Long Term Debt (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended													12 Months Ended
	Feb. 25, 2012	Apr. 29, 2011	Feb. 26, 2011	Feb. 25, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 Revolving credit facility [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 Term Loan A [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 Term Loan B [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 Term loan B-1 [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 Term loan B-2 [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 Term Loan B-3 [Member]	Dec. 03, 2011 Term Loan B-3 [Member]	Apr. 29, 2011 Term Loan B-3 [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 From December 31, 2011 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 From December 31, 2011 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 Through December 30, 2012 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 Through December 30, 2012 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 02, 2011 Letter of Credit [Member]	Feb. 25, 2012 Letter of Credit [Member] Revolving credit facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of credit facilities							5 years	6 years											5 years
Senior secured credit facilities portion extended						$ 1,500				$ 500
Senior secured credit facilities remaining portion																		600
New Advances for Term loan B-3													291
Remaining balance for outstanding borrowing						27			22	577	448
Maturity date									Jun. 02, 2012	Oct. 05, 2015	Apr. 29, 2018
Interest rate addition to base rate						1.50%			1.375%	3.25%	3.50%
Current outstanding borrowing	6										5
Letter of credit outstanding	55																		288
Unused credit																			1,185
Outstanding letter of credit issued under separate agreement	2
Facility fees under the extended portions						0.625%
Leverage Ratio				3.47	1.0									4.0	1.0	3.75	1.0
Fixed charge coverage ratio				2.58	1.0									2.25	1.0	2.3	1.0
Maximum letter of credit fee						2.75%
LIBOR floor rate												1.00%
Long-Term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Term loan B-1 extended into term loan B-2		86
Term loan B-1 extended into term loan B-3		161
Outstanding letter of credit issued under separate agreement	2
Maximum Borrowing Capacity on revolving basis	200
Outstanding Borrowings	55																		288
Account receivable pledged as collateral	282
Debt with current maturities that are classified in Long-term debt	$ 28		$ 30
Rate of Outstanding Borrowings	110.00%
Facility fee in accordance of current credit rating	50.00%