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Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Detail) |  | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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May 03, 2017 BusinessUnit | Oct. 07, 2017 | Oct. 08, 2016 | Oct. 07, 2017 Segment | Oct. 08, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2016
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Segment reporting, description |  |  |  | SEGMENTS — Flowers Foods currently operates two business segments: a direct-store-delivery (“DSD”) segment (“DSD Segment”) and a warehouse delivery segment (“Warehouse Segment”). The DSD Segment (85% of total year to date sales) currently operates 39 plants that produce a wide variety of fresh bakery foods, including fresh breads, buns, rolls, tortillas, and snack cakes. These products are sold through a DSD route delivery system to retail and foodservice customers in the East, South, Southwest, California, and select markets in the Midwest, Pacific Northwest, Nevada, and Colorado. The Warehouse Segment (15% of total year to date sales) currently operates nine plants that produce snack cakes, breads and rolls for national retail, foodservice, vending, and co-pack customers and deliver through customers’ warehouse channels |  |
Number of business segments | Segment |  |  |  | 2 |  |
Number of new organizational structure business units established | BusinessUnit | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Full implementation expected period | 2019 |  |  |  |  |
Total year to date sales | Customer Concentration Risk | Wal-Mart/Sam's Club |  |  |  |  |  |
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Concentration risk percentage |  | 20.10% | 19.80% | 20.10% | 19.70% |
Total year to date sales | Customer Concentration Risk | DSD Segment |  |  |  |  |  |
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Concentration risk percentage |  |  |  | 85.00% |  |
Total year to date sales | Customer Concentration Risk | DSD Segment | Wal-Mart/Sam's Club |  |  |  |  |  |
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Concentration risk percentage |  | 17.60% | 17.20% | 17.70% | 17.00% |
Total year to date sales | Customer Concentration Risk | Warehouse Segment |  |  |  |  |  |
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Concentration risk percentage |  |  |  | 15.00% |  |
Total year to date sales | Customer Concentration Risk | Warehouse Segment | Wal-Mart/Sam's Club |  |  |  |  |  |
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Concentration risk percentage |  | 2.50% | 2.60% | 2.40% | 2.70% |
Outstanding Trade Receivables | Customer Concentration Risk | Wal-Mart/Sam's Club |  |  |  |  |  |
Basis of Presentation [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk percentage |  |  |  | 18.20% |  | 18.80%

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