Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)						1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 04, 2017	Jan. 31, 2017	Jun. 01, 2016	Jan. 08, 2016	Jan. 04, 2016	Jan. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016	Nov. 30, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from common stock sales									$ 2,850,000	$ 500,000
Retained earnings								$ (123,514,000)	136,460,000
Lender fees								$ 1,000,000
Aggregate fees and expenses									$ 36,000,000	$ 10,000,000
Termination fee			$ 31,000,000
Cash distribution paid				$ 666,000,000
Cash distribution paid to Sponsors					$ 657,000,000
Distribution declared and paid per share				$ 3.94					$ 3.94
Dividends payment description								The Company has no current plans to pay future dividends, and has never paid dividends on its common stock, other than the January 2016 one-time cash distribution. Any decision to declare and pay dividends in the future will be made at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors, and could be limited by debt covenants that restrict USF’s ability to make cash distributions to US Foods.
KKR Capital Markets LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lender fees											$ 0
Cost of services rendered in connection with debt refinancing transactions							$ 1,000,000
Secondary Offerings [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses related to shares sold						$ 5,000,000			$ 1,000,000
IPO [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of shares sold			51,111,111
IPO [Member] | KKR Capital Markets LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Underwriter discounts and commissions							$ 5,000,000
FMR LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of Company's outstanding debt managed by affiliate								1.00%
FMR LLC [Member] | US Foods Holding Corp [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of company's outstanding common stock								13.00%
Sponsor
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of shares to be repurchased	10,000,000
Common stock repurchase, price per share	$ 28.00
Stock repurchase program amount paid	$ 280,000,000
Additional paid in capital reduction due to share repurchase program	96,000,000
Retained earnings	$ 184,000,000
Sponsor | Follow-on Offerings [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of shares sold		167,355,545
Proceeds from common stock sales		$ 0
USF Credit Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Line of credit outstanding amount				$ 314,000,000