UNAUDITED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION - Schedule of Quarterly Financial information (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 23, 2013	Feb. 23, 2013 Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Member]	Feb. 23, 2013 Severance And Related Costs [Member]	Feb. 23, 2013 Write Off Unamortized Financing Costs [Member]	Feb. 23, 2013 Interest Expense Net and Store Closure Impairment Charges [Member]	Feb. 23, 2013 Goodwill Impairment Charges [Member]	Feb. 23, 2013 Offset Cash Settlement [Member]	Feb. 22, 2014 Net Costs And Charges [Member]	Feb. 22, 2014 Non-cash Unamortized Financing Costs And Original Issue Discount Acceleration [Member]	Feb. 22, 2014 Debt Refinancing Costs [Member]	Feb. 22, 2014 Severance Cost And Accelerated Stock Based Compensation Charges [Member]	Feb. 22, 2014 Non Cash Asset Impairment And Other Charges [Member]	Feb. 22, 2014 Contract Breakage And Other Costs [Member]	Feb. 22, 2014 Legal Settlement Charge [Member]	Feb. 22, 2014 Multi Employer Pension Withdrawal Charge [Member]	Feb. 22, 2014 Gain On Sale Of Property [Member]
Effect of Fourth Quarter Events [Line Items]
Net charges before tax	$ 303	$ 227	$ 36	$ 22	$ 22	$ 6	$ 10	$ 235	$ 99	$ 75	$ 46	$ 16	$ 6	$ 5	$ 3	$ 15
Net charges after tax	$ 187	$ 140	$ 23	$ 14	$ 13	$ 3	$ 6	$ 144	$ 60	$ 47	$ 29	$ 11	$ 2	$ 3	$ 2	$ 10
Net charges per diluted share	$ 0.88	$ 0.66	$ 0.10	$ 0.07	$ 0.06	$ 0.02	$ 0.03	$ 0.56	$ 0.24	$ 0.18	$ 0.11	$ 0.04	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.04