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Employees' Stock Incentive Plans and Management Incentive Plans Employees' Stock Incentive Plans and Management Incentive Plans - Compensation Costs Related to Equity Plans (Details) (Stock option and restricted stock units, Selling, general and administrative expenses, USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
Mar. 30, 2014
Stock option and restricted stock units | Selling, general and administrative expenses
   
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]    
Pre-tax compensation cost $ 2us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember
$ 2us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember
Tax benefit 1us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
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= hnz_StockOptionAndRestrictedStockPlansMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember
1us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense
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/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
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After-tax compensation cost $ 1us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= hnz_StockOptionAndRestrictedStockPlansMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember
$ 1us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpenseNetOfTax
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= hnz_StockOptionAndRestrictedStockPlansMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember