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Assets Held for Sale - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |
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Jul. 12, 2014 | Jan. 03, 2015 | Jan. 03, 2015 | Aug. 13, 2014
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Cash consideration of discontinued operation |  |  |  | $ 8,400,000 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsideration
Carrying value of the assets held for sale |  |  |  | 7,600,000 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationLongLivedAssets
Goodwill impairment loss | 2,600,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss | 2,624,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss |  |
Impairment loss of scrapped assets |  | 1,900,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf |  |
Gain on divestiture of discontinued operation |  | 1,800,000 us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposalOfDiscontinuedOperationNetOfTax |  |
Gain on property plan and equipment |  | 800,000 us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment |  |
Cost incurred in severance and inventory |  | 800,000 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCostsOfGoodsSold |  |
Total cost of divestiture |  | 3,500,000 us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIntercompanyAmountsWithDiscontinuedOperationBeforeDisposalTransactionCosts |  |
Acquired Hostess Bread Assets Classified as Held for Sale |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Impairment loss of scrapped assets |  |  | 5,800,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf / us-gaap_MajorPropertyClassAxis = us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSaleMember |
Acquired Hostess Bread Assets Plants and Depots |  |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Cash consideration of discontinued operation |  | $ 24,200,000 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsideration / us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis = flo_AcquiredHostessAssetsPlantsAndDepotsMember | $ 24,200,000 us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationConsideration / us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis = flo_AcquiredHostessAssetsPlantsAndDepotsMember |
Number of Acquired Hostess Bread Asset depots sold |  | 22 flo_NumberOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleSold / us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis = flo_AcquiredHostessAssetsPlantsAndDepotsMember |  |

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