DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - BALANCE SHEET LOCATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2017
Long-term debt
Derivative [Line Items]
Carrying Amount of Hedged Assets (Liabilities)	$ (1,743,732)
Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustments Included in the Carrying Amount of Hedged Assets (Liabilities)	47,555
Current maturities of long-term debt
Derivative [Line Items]
Carrying Amount of Hedged Assets (Liabilities)	(499,610)
Cumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustments Included in the Carrying Amount of Hedged Assets (Liabilities)	5,097
Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate swaps \| Fair value hedging \| Other current assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative asset, fair value	0	$ 707
Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate swaps \| Fair value hedging \| Other current liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liability, fair value	6,820	0
Hedging Instrument \| Interest rate swaps \| Fair value hedging \| Other long-term liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liability, fair value	49,734	21,390
Hedging Instrument \| Fuel swaps \| Cash flow hedging \| Other current assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative asset, fair value	15,316	717
Hedging Instrument \| Fuel swaps \| Cash flow hedging \| Other current liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liability, fair value	0	6,160
Hedging Instrument \| Fuel swaps \| Cash flow hedging \| Other long-term liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liability, fair value	0	160
Hedging Instrument \| Foreign currency forwards \| Cash flow hedging \| Other current assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative asset, fair value	693	0
Hedging Instrument \| Foreign currency forwards \| Cash flow hedging \| Other current liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liability, fair value	71	154
Hedging Instrument \| Cross currency swaps \| Cash flow hedging \| Other current assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative asset, fair value	4,284	0
Hedging Instrument \| Cross currency swaps \| Cash flow hedging \| Other long-term liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liability, fair value	14,201	5,816
Hedging Instrument \| Cross currency swaps \| Cash flow hedging \| Other assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative asset, fair value	3,454	0
Hedging Instrument \| Foreign currency swaps \| Net investment hedging \| Other long-term liabilities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liability, fair value	39,690	12,308
Hedging Instrument \| Foreign currency swaps \| Net investment hedging \| Other assets
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative asset, fair value	10,709	0
Hedging Instrument \| Foreign denominated debt \| Net investment hedging \| Long-term debt
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative liability, fair value	$ 584,150	$ 571,450

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Amount of the hedged item as of the balance sheet date related to the derivative. For example, the hedged balance on a debt instrument.

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