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Effect of Largest Customer in Sales (Detail) - Total year to date sales - Customer Concentration Risk	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 18, 2015	Jul. 12, 2014	Jul. 18, 2015	Jul. 12, 2014
Wal-Mart/Sam's Club
Entity Wide Revenue Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	19.70%	19.40%	19.50%	19.50%
DSD Segment
Entity Wide Revenue Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			84.00%
DSD Segment | Wal-Mart/Sam's Club
Entity Wide Revenue Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	17.20%	16.90%	17.00%	16.80%
Warehouse Segment
Entity Wide Revenue Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			16.00%
Warehouse Segment | Wal-Mart/Sam's Club
Entity Wide Revenue Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	2.50%	2.50%	2.50%	2.70%

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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