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Acquisitions (Acquired Hostess Bread Assets) - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	6 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Jul. 13, 2013	Jul. 19, 2013 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset	Jul. 12, 2014 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset	Oct. 05, 2013 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset	Apr. 19, 2014 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset	Jul. 12, 2014 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset	Dec. 28, 2013 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset	Jan. 11, 2013 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset	Jan. 11, 2013 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset Agreement Two	Jul. 13, 2013 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset Agreement Two	Jul. 13, 2013 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset Agreement Two	Dec. 28, 2013 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset Agreement Two	Jan. 11, 2013 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset Bakeries Facility	Jan. 11, 2013 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset Depots Facility	Jul. 19, 2013 Acquired Hostess Bread Asset Depots Number of depots purchased included in the original bid Facility
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of assets acquired in acquisition													20	38	36
Bid price to purchase assets								$ 360,000,000
Business acquisition	18,000,000	355,300,000				355,342,000
Gain on legal settlement				1,400,000		1,400,000
Acquisition-related costs										5,700,000	10,300,000	16,000,000
Aggregate purchase price									30,000,000
Breakup fee received for unsuccessful bid									900,000
Sales related to acquisition							26,600,000
Change in fair value of spare parts			$ 100,000		$ 2,300,000

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Amount paid or received to resolve the preacquisition contingency.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in settlement of litigation and insurance claims. Excludes claims within an insurance entity's normal claims settlement process.

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