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Assets Held for Sale (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Total assets held for sale	$ 39,108us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation	$ 54,752us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation
Distributor Territories
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Total assets held for sale	20,491us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation / us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis = flo_DistributorTerritoriesMember	26,564us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation / us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis = flo_DistributorTerritoriesMember
Acquired Hostess Bread Assets Plants and Depots
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Total assets held for sale	13,406us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation / us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis = flo_AcquiredHostessAssetsPlantsAndDepotsMember	22,743us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation / us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis = flo_AcquiredHostessAssetsPlantsAndDepotsMember
Other
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Total assets held for sale	$ 5,211us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation / us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis = flo_OtherAssetsHeldForSaleMember	$ 5,445us-gaap_AssetsOfDisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperation / us-gaap_LongLivedAssetsHeldForSaleByAssetTypeAxis = flo_OtherAssetsHeldForSaleMember

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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