XML 77 R75.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.2.0.727

Other Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Apr. 30, 2015 | Mar. 20, 2015 | Feb. 02, 2015 | Apr. 30, 2014
Other Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Company's Municipal bond mature in 2016 | $ 0.9 |  |  |
Company's Municipal bond mature in 2017 | 1.3 |  |  |
Company's Municipal bond mature in 2018 | 1.1 |  |  |
Company's Municipal bond mature in 2019 | 3.0 |  |  |
Company's Municipal bond mature in 2020 and beyond | $ 31.6 |  |  |
Money market funds maturity period | Three months of less |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Face Amount |  | $ 3,700.0 |  |
Interest rate contract [Member] |  |  |  |
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Gross contract notional amount | $ 0.0 |  | $ 1,100.0 | $ 750.0

X
- Definition Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | sjm_DerivativeNotionalAmount1
Namespace Prefix: | sjm_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition The maturity period for money market funds + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | sjm_MoneyMarketFundsMaturityPeriod
Namespace Prefix: | sjm_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Other financial instruments and fair value measurements. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | sjm_OtherFinancialInstrumentsAndFairValueMeasurementsTextualAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | sjm_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Other investment municipal bond matured in fifth year and beyond. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | sjm_OtherInvestmentMunicipalBondMaturedInFifthYearAndBeyond
Namespace Prefix: | sjm_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Other investment municipal bond matured in fourth year. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | sjm_OtherInvestmentMunicipalBondMaturedInFourthYear
Namespace Prefix: | sjm_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Other investment municipal bond matured in one year. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | sjm_OtherInvestmentMunicipalBondMaturedInOneYear
Namespace Prefix: | sjm_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Other investment municipal bond matured in two year. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | sjm_OtherInvestmentMunicipalBondMaturedInSecondYear
Namespace Prefix: | sjm_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Other investment municipal bond matured in third year. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | sjm_OtherInvestmentMunicipalBondMaturedInThirdYear
Namespace Prefix: | sjm_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 55 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34725769&loc=d3e28878-108400 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28551-108399 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis=us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |