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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 28, 2013 | Dec. 29, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 25, 2010
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Income tax expense reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to the Consolidated Statement of Operations | $ (39) |  |  |
Valuation allowances, tax benefit | 8 | (9) | (8) |
Share based compensation expense including tax benefit value | 5 |  |  |
Stock options exercised including income tax benefits | 3 |  |  |
Capital loss carryforwards, tax-effected | 15 |  |  |
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries | 472 |  |  |
Cumulative loss position, period |  |  | 36 months |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits | 15 | 5 | 7 | 111
Net uncertain tax positions, if recognized affect effective tax rate | 9 |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits results from positions if sustained offset by change in valuation allowance | 6 |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits ,interest and penalty expenses | 1 | 2 |  |
Unrecognized tax ,interest benefit |  |  | 30 |
Unrecognized tax, penalty benefit |  |  | 9 |
Unrecognized tax benefits, accrued interest and penalties | 10 |  |  |
Proceeds from income tax refunds | 14 |  |  |
Office Depot De Mexico |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Mexican income taxes | 117 |  |  |
U.S. income tax expense | 23 |  |  |
Total estimated income tax expense | 140 |  |  |
Income tax expense reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to the Consolidated Statement of Operations | 5 |  |  |
Foreign |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Valuation allowances, tax benefit | 10 |  | 10 |
Operating Loss Carry forwards | 858.0 |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards indefinitely | 666 |  |  |
Foreign | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates | 2015 |  |  |
Foreign | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates | 2033 |  |  |
Foreign | Expire In Twenty Fourteen |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards | 11.0 |  |  |
State |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards | 1.6 |  |  |
State | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates | 2015 |  |  |
State | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates | 2033 |  |  |
State | Expire In Twenty Fourteen |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards | 34.0 |  |  |
U.S. Federal |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Alternate minimum tax credit carryforwards | 107 |  |  |
U.S. Federal Foreign |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforwards | 114 |  |  |
U.S. Federal Foreign | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, expiration year | 2015 |  |  |
U.S. Federal Foreign | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, expiration year | 2023 |  |  |
State and Foreign |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforwards | $ 13 |  |  |
State and Foreign | Minimum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, expiration year | 2023 |  |  |
State and Foreign | Maximum |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, expiration year | 2027 |  |  |

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