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Acquisitions (Sara Lee California and Earthgrains acquisition of trademark licenses) - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 4 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Feb. 23, 2013 | Dec. 28, 2013 | Oct. 05, 2013 | Jul. 13, 2013 | Apr. 19, 2014 | Jan. 03, 2015 | Dec. 28, 2013 | Aug. 17, 2014 | Feb. 23, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets amortization period | 21 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bargain purchase gain |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 50,071,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount |  |
Holdback | 10,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability
Holdback amount available | 10,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Co-pack arrangement period | 18 months |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sara Lee and Earthgrains acquisition of trademark licenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition | 49,950,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bargain purchase gain | 50,071,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember |  | 1,200,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred income taxes, net | 31,345,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedDeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember |  | 800,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedDeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember |  |  |  |  |  | 31,345,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedDeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember
Holdback | 7,600,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7,600,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember | 7,600,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember
Receipt from holdback |  |  |  |  | 7,500,000 flo_CashReceivedFromContingentAcquisitionConsideration / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember |  |  |  |
Reduction in holdback |  | 100,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInTheRangeOfOutcomesContingentConsiderationLiabilityValueHigh / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember | 0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInTheRangeOfOutcomesContingentConsiderationLiabilityValueHigh / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember | 0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInTheRangeOfOutcomesContingentConsiderationLiabilityValueHigh / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember |  |  |  |  |
Final delivery date |  |  |  |  |  | Feb. 14, 2014 |  |  |
Acquisition-related costs |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,500,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember |  |
Sales related to acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  | 79,700,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember |  |
Sara Lee and Earthgrains acquisition of trademark licenses | Distribution Rights |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in fair value of spare parts |  |  | $ 2,000,000 flo_BusinessCombinationProvisionalInformationInitialAccountingIncompleteAdjustmentSparePartsAndPropertyPlantAndEquipment / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = flo_SaraLeeAndEarthgrainsMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_DistributionRightsMember |  |  |  |  |  |

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