Amount of accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization for physical assets used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services.

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Property, Plant and Equipment - Principal Categories and Estimated Useful Lives of Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2015	Dec. 28, 2014	Mar. 30, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	1,088,393us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	$ 1,044,210us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	$ 968,703us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization	696,555	685,978	662,630
Property, plant and equipment, net	391,838us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	358,232us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	306,073us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Buildings [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	122,521	120,533	112,460
Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	154,977	154,897	149,406
Transportation Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	200,472	190,216	165,469
Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	47,929	45,623	44,166
Cold Drink Dispensing Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	366,200	345,391	320,807
Leasehold and Land Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	77,983	75,104	73,655
Software for Internal Use [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	92,289	91,156	82,455
Land [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	15,342	14,762	13,484
Construction in Progress [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	10,680	$ 6,528	$ 6,801
Minimum [Member] \| Buildings [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	8 years
Minimum [Member] \| Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	5 years
Minimum [Member] \| Transportation Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	4 years
Minimum [Member] \| Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	3 years
Minimum [Member] \| Cold Drink Dispensing Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	5 years
Minimum [Member] \| Leasehold and Land Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	5 years
Minimum [Member] \| Software for Internal Use [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	3 years
Maximum [Member] \| Buildings [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	50 years
Maximum [Member] \| Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	20 years
Maximum [Member] \| Transportation Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	20 years
Maximum [Member] \| Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	10 years
Maximum [Member] \| Cold Drink Dispensing Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	17 years
Maximum [Member] \| Leasehold and Land Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	20 years
Maximum [Member] \| Software for Internal Use [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	10 years