Assets Held for Sale - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 04, 2014	Aug. 13, 2014
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Cash consideration of discontinued operation		$ 8,400,000
Carrying value of the assets held for sale		7,600,000
Goodwill impairment loss	2,624,000
Impairment loss of scrapped assets	1,900,000
Gain on divestiture of discontinued operation	1,800,000
Gain on property plan and equipment	800,000
Cost incurred in severance and inventory	800,000
Total cost of divestiture	3,500,000
Acquired Hostess Bread Assets Plants and Depots
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Cash consideration of discontinued operation	$ 6,400,000
Number of Acquired Hostess Bread Asset depots sold	13