Segment Reporting Information by Net Revenue and Operating Profit (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	8 Months Ended
Sep. 05, 2015	Sep. 06, 2014	Sep. 05, 2015	Sep. 06, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	$ 1,416	$ 2,847	$ 6,113	$ 7,550
Net Revenue	16,331	17,218	44,471	46,735
Venezuela impairment charges	1,359		1,359	0
Tingyi Charge	73		73	0
FLNA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	1,085	1,025	3,012	2,824
Net Revenue	3,555	3,526	10,326	10,132
QFNA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	150	150	381	449
Net Revenue	583	586	1,768	1,784
Asset Impairment Charges			65
Asset Impairment Charges, After Tax			50
North America Beverages [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	860	753	2,146	1,854
Net Revenue	5,360	5,148	14,771	14,435
Pension-related settlement	37		37
Pension-related settlement, after-tax	23		23
Latin America [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	(994)	432	(420)	1,183
Net Revenue	2,283	2,413	5,921	6,293
Venezuela impairment charges	1,400		1,400
Europe Sub-Saharan Africa
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	398	481	860	1,111
Net Revenue	2,918	3,794	7,227	9,460
Asia Middle East and North Africa
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	199	293	802	841
Net Revenue	1,632	1,751	4,458	4,631
Asset Impairment Charges	29		29
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals, Gain/(Loss) on Sale of Disposal, Pretax	39		39
Tingyi Charge	73		73
Total Division
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	1,698	3,134	6,781	8,262
Net Revenue	16,331	17,218	44,471	46,735
Corporate Unallocated Net Impact Of Mark To Market On Commodity Hedges
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	(28)	(33)	10	32
Corporate Unallocated Restructuring And Impairment Charges
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	(4)	(15)	(11)	(20)
Corporate Unallocated Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	(250)	$ (239)	(667)	$ (724)
Pepsico Asia Middle East And Africa [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals, Gain/(Loss) on Sale of Disposal, After Tax	$ 28		$ 28

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