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Commitment and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Sep. 27, 2014 | Jun. 28, 2014 | Dec. 27, 2014 | Dec. 28, 2013 | Feb. 09, 2015 LegalMatter
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Purchases under the agreement |  |  | $ 647 odp_PurchasedAmountUnderPurchaseCommitment | $ 87 odp_PurchasedAmountUnderPurchaseCommitment |
Legal fees, costs, and expenses | 1 us-gaap_LegalFees | 80 us-gaap_LegalFees | 81 us-gaap_LegalFees |  |
Delware Court of Chancery [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of lawsuits filed |  |  | 7 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = odp_DelawareCourtOfChanceryMember |  |
Palm Beach County Circuit Court [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of lawsuits filed |  |  | 2 us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = odp_PalmBeachCountyCircuitCourtMember |  |
Subsequent Event |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of class action filed |  |  |  |  | 1 odp_AllegedClassActionsFiled / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Losses for environmental liabilities |  |  | 10 us-gaap_EnvironmentalExpenseAndLiabilities / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember |  |
Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Losses for environmental liabilities |  |  | 25 us-gaap_EnvironmentalExpenseAndLiabilities / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember |  |
Settled Litigation |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Increase in legal accrual |  |  | 80 us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherAccruedLiabilities / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_SettledLitigationMember |  |
Settlement amount agreed |  |  | 68 us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmount / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_SettledLitigationMember |  |
Legal fees, costs, and expenses |  |  | $ 9 us-gaap_LegalFees / us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis = us-gaap_SettledLitigationMember |  |
Settlement agreement date |  |  | 2014-12-19 |  |

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