Segment Reporting (Sales By Product Category In Each Reportable Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended						4 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Oct. 08, 2011	Jul. 16, 2011	Jan. 01, 2011	Oct. 09, 2010	Jul. 17, 2010	Apr. 23, 2011	Apr. 24, 2010	Dec. 31, 2011	Jan. 01, 2011	Jan. 02, 2010
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	$ 653,566	$ 675,369	$ 642,596	$ 573,133	$ 597,894	$ 607,716	$ 801,825	$ 795,026	$ 2,773,356	$ 2,573,769	$ 2,600,849
Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									1,419,191	1,305,415	1,333,479
Store Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									501,354	432,406	415,125
Non-Retail And Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									852,811	835,948	852,245
DSD [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									2,265,244	2,071,356	2,135,128
DSD [Member] | Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									1,324,309	1,194,568	1,197,690
DSD [Member] | Store Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									375,732	327,233	355,800
DSD [Member] | Non-Retail And Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									565,203	549,555	581,638
Warehouse Delivery [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									508,112	502,413	465,721
Warehouse Delivery [Member] | Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									94,882	110,847	135,789
Warehouse Delivery [Member] | Store Branded Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									125,622	105,173	59,325
Warehouse Delivery [Member] | Non-Retail And Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									$ 287,608	$ 286,393	$ 270,607