Business Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2017 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reporting segments | segment			3
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	$ 14,411,490	$ 13,457,268	$ 29,061,914	$ 27,425,922	$ 55,371,139
Operating income:	532,282	492,417	1,155,374	1,059,250	2,053,171
Interest expense	85,986	72,231	166,870	145,854	302,878
Other expense (income), net	(5,432)	(2,320)	(9,680)	(9,536)	(15,937)
Earnings before income taxes	451,728	422,506	998,184	922,932	1,766,230
Assets	18,219,370	17,630,066	18,219,370	17,630,066	17,756,655
Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income:	765,388	773,083	1,631,764	1,610,657
Assets	14,872,426	13,976,581	14,872,426	13,976,581	14,183,896
Operating Segments | U.S. Foodservice Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	9,681,225	9,085,565	19,530,167	18,566,681
Operating income:	706,375	681,321	1,487,244	1,426,552
Assets	6,811,901	6,791,846	6,811,901	6,791,846	6,675,543
Operating Segments | International Foodservice Operations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	2,869,043	2,625,949	5,772,298	5,354,310
Operating income:	52,438	84,814	129,084	164,249
Assets	6,662,574	6,143,372	6,662,574	6,143,372	6,433,815
Operating Segments | SYGMA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	1,633,145	1,520,182	3,273,816	3,024,874
Operating income:	3,353	3,155	8,198	8,062
Assets	641,786	603,167	641,786	603,167	625,653
Operating Segments | Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	228,077	225,572	485,633	480,057
Operating income:	3,222	3,793	7,238	11,794
Assets	756,165	438,196	756,165	438,196	448,885
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income:	(233,106)	(280,666)	(476,390)	(551,407)
Assets	$ 3,346,944	$ 3,653,485	$ 3,346,944	$ 3,653,485	$ 3,572,759