Debt and Other Financing Arrangements (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Feb. 28, 2013
Short-term bank borrowings	$ 41,632,000	$ 0
Total debt	2,888,919,000	3,018,338,000
Less current maturities of long-term debt	(207,301,000)	(254,650,000)
Less notes payable	(41,632,000)	0
Net long-term debt	2,639,986,000	2,763,688,000
Principal payments in year 1	207,301,000
Principal payments in year 2	303,847,000
Principal payments in year 3	3,286,000
Principal payments in year 4	2,494,000
Principal payments in year 5	500,179,000
European Subsidiary Multi-Currency Revolver [Member]
Line of credit facility, outstanding borrowings	41,632,000	0
Weighted average interest rate on short-term borrowings	1.00%
Senior Notes, Maturing in Fiscal 2013 [Member]
Carrying amount of long term debt	0	249,964,000
Interest rate on debt instrument	4.20%	4.20%	4.20%
Maturity date on long-term debt stated in fiscal year	2013	2013
Senior Notes, Maturing in Fiscal 2014 [Member]
Carrying amount of long term debt	202,190,000	206,673,000
Interest rate on debt instrument	4.60%	4.60%
Maturity date on long-term debt stated in fiscal year	2014	2014
Senior Notes, Maturing in fiscal 2015 [Member]
Carrying amount of long term debt	298,669,000	297,983,000
Interest rate on debt instrument	0.55%	0.55%
Maturity date on long-term debt stated in fiscal year	2015	2015
Senior Notes, Maturing in Fiscal 2018 [Member]
Carrying amount of long term debt	498,414,000	498,069,000
Interest rate on debt instrument	5.25%	5.25%
Maturity date on long-term debt stated in fiscal year	2018	2018
Senior Notes, Maturing in Fiscal 2019 [Member]
Carrying amount of long term debt	249,031,000	248,862,000
Interest rate on debt instrument	5.375%	5.375%
Maturity date on long-term debt stated in fiscal year	2019	2019
Senior Notes, Maturing in Fiscal 2022 [Member]
Carrying amount of long term debt	444,844,000	444,271,000
Interest rate on debt instrument	2.60%	2.60%
Maturity date on long-term debt stated in fiscal year	2022	2022
Debentures, Maturing in Fiscal 2027 [Member]
Carrying amount of long term debt	50,000,000	50,000,000
Interest rate on debt instrument	7.16%	7.16%
Maturity date on long-term debt stated in fiscal year	2027	2027
Debentures, Maturing in Fiscal 2029 [Member]
Carrying amount of long term debt	224,641,000	224,617,000
Interest rate on debt instrument	6.50%	6.50%
Maturity date on long-term debt stated in fiscal year	2029	2029
Senior Notes, Maturing in Fiscal 2036 [Member]
Carrying amount of long term debt	499,669,000	499,654,000
Interest rate on debt instrument	5.375%	5.375%
Maturity date on long-term debt stated in fiscal year	2036	2036
Senior Notes, Maturing in Fiscal 2039 [Member]
Carrying amount of long term debt	245,845,000	245,685,000
Interest rate on debt instrument	6.625%	6.625%
Maturity date on long-term debt stated in fiscal year	2039	2039
Industrial Revenue Bonds Capital Leases and Other Debt [Member]
Average interest rate on debt instruments	7.40%	5.90%
Carrying amount of capital leases & other debt	38,484,000	52,560,000
Maturity date range end for industrial revenue bonds, capital leases and other debt, stated in fiscal year	2029	2026
Commercial Paper [Member]
Outstanding commercial paper borrowings	$ 95,500,000	$ 0
Average interest rate on debt instruments	0.10%

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