Segment Reporting (Sales By Product Category In Each Reportable Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 08, 2011	Oct. 09, 2010	Oct. 08, 2011	Oct. 09, 2010
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	$ 675,369	$ 597,894	$ 2,119,790	$ 2,000,636
DSD [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	553,768	476,277	1,725,198	1,612,370
DSD [Member] | Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	326,208	276,147	1,006,501	932,093
DSD [Member] | Store Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	93,380	74,784	284,321	252,907
DSD [Member] | Non-retail and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	134,180	125,346	434,376	427,370
Warehouse Delivery [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	121,601	121,617	394,592	388,266
Warehouse Delivery [Member] | Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	22,020	24,179	74,265	91,010
Warehouse Delivery [Member] | Store Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	30,681	30,351	99,257	77,090
Warehouse Delivery [Member] | Non-retail and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	68,900	67,087	221,070	220,166
Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	348,228	300,326	1,080,766	1,023,103
Store Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	124,061	105,135	383,578	329,997
Non-retail and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	$ 203,080	$ 192,433	$ 655,446	$ 647,536