Retirement and Other Employee Benefits (Assumptions Used in the Calculation of Benefit Obligations and Net Periodic Pension Costs of U.S. and U.K. Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Central American Plans) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010		Jan. 01, 2010
UNITED STATES Pension Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Weighted average discount rate	4.50%		5.30%		5.85%
Rate of increase in compensation levels	0.00%		0.00%		0.00%
Weighted average discount rate	5.30%		5.85%		6.25%
Rate of increase in compensation levels	0.00%		0.00%		0.00%
Expected long-term rate of return on assets	7.50%		7.50%		4.75%
Pension Plans [Member] | UNITED KINGDOM [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Weighted average discount rate	4.70%		5.40%		5.70%
Rate of increase in compensation levels	2.90%		3.50%		3.60%
Weighted average discount rate	5.40%		5.70%		6.50%
Rate of increase in compensation levels	3.50%		3.60%		3.20%
Expected long-term rate of return on assets	6.80%		7.20%		5.80%
Post-retirement Plans [Member] | CENTRAL AMERICA [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Weighted average discount rate	7.73%	[1]	8.54%	[1]	10.90%
Rate of increase in compensation levels	5.04%		5.29%	[2]	8.19%
Weighted average discount rate	8.54%	[1]	10.90%	[3]	14.64%
Rate of increase in compensation levels	5.29%	[2]	8.19%		8.86%
Expected long-term rate of return on assets	0.00%		0.00%		0.00%

[1] The decrease in the weighted average discount rate assumption for the benefit obligation and net periodic pension costs decreased due to a decrease in inflation assumptions and country-specific investmen

[2] The decrease in the rate of increase in compensation levels is due to a decrease in inflation assumptio

[3] The decrease in the weighted average discount rate assumption used in the calculation of the benefit obligation from 2009 to 2010 for the Central American plans was due to the fact that country-specific investments decreased significantly in 2009.