Capital Transactions	12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2016
Equity [Abstract]
Capital Transactions	17. Capital Transactions The Company has two classes of common stock outstanding, Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. The Common Stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market^sm under the symbol COKE. There is no established public trading market for the Class B Common Stock. Shares of the Class B Common Stock are convertible on a share-for-share basis into shares of Common Stock at any time at the option of the holders of Class B Common Stock. No cash dividend or dividend of property or stock other than stock of the Company, as specifically described in the Company’s certificate of incorporation, may be declared and paid on the Class B Common Stock unless an equal or greater dividend is declared and paid on the Common Stock. During 2015, 2014 and 2013, dividends of $1.00 per share were declared and paid on both Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. Total cash dividends paid in 2015, 2014 and 2013 were $9.3 million, $9.3 million, and $9.2 million, respectively. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote per share and each share of Class B Common Stock is entitled to 20 votes per share at all meetings of shareholders. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock vote together as a single class on all matters brought before the Company’s stockholders. In the event of liquidation, there is no preference between the two classes of common stock. Compensation expense for the Performance Unit Award Agreement recognized in 2015 was $7.3 million which was based upon a share price of $182.51 on December 31, 2015 (the last trading date prior to January 3, 2016). Compensation expense for the Performance Unit Award Agreement recognized in 2014 was $3.5 million which was based upon a share price of $88.55 on December 26, 2014. Compensation expense for the Performance Unit Award Agreement recognized in 2013 was $2.9 million, which was based upon a share price of $72.98 on December 27, 2013. On March 8, 2016, March 3, 2015 and March 4, 2014, the Compensation Committee determined that 40,000 shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock should be issued in each year pursuant to a Performance Unit Award Agreement to J. Frank Harrison, III, in connection with his services in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. As permitted under the terms of the Performance Unit Award Agreement, 19,080, 19,080 and 19,100 of such shares were settled in cash in 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of the performance units. The increase in the number of shares outstanding in 2015, 2014 and 2013 was due to the issuance of 20,920, 20,900 and 20,120 shares of Class B Common Stock related to the Performance Unit Award Agreement in each year, respectively.

17. Capital Transactions

The Company has two classes of common stock outstanding, Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. The Common Stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market^sm under the symbol COKE. There is no established public trading market for the Class B Common Stock. Shares of the Class B Common Stock are convertible on a share-for-share basis into shares of Common Stock at any time at the option of the holders of Class B Common Stock.

No cash dividend or dividend of property or stock other than stock of the Company, as specifically described in the Company’s certificate of incorporation, may be declared and paid on the Class B Common Stock unless an equal or greater dividend is declared and paid on the Common Stock. During 2015, 2014 and 2013, dividends of $1.00 per share were declared and paid on both Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. Total cash dividends paid in 2015, 2014 and 2013 were $9.3 million, $9.3 million, and $9.2 million, respectively.

Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote per share and each share of Class B Common Stock is entitled to 20 votes per share at all meetings of shareholders. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock vote together as a single class on all matters brought before the Company’s stockholders. In the event of liquidation, there is no preference between the two classes of common stock.

Compensation expense for the Performance Unit Award Agreement recognized in 2015 was $7.3 million which was based upon a share price of $182.51 on December 31, 2015 (the last trading date prior to January 3, 2016). Compensation expense for the Performance Unit Award Agreement recognized in 2014 was $3.5 million which was based upon a share price of $88.55 on December 26, 2014. Compensation expense for the Performance Unit Award Agreement recognized in 2013 was $2.9 million, which was based upon a share price of $72.98 on December 27, 2013.

On March 8, 2016, March 3, 2015 and March 4, 2014, the Compensation Committee determined that 40,000 shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock should be issued in each year pursuant to a Performance Unit Award Agreement to J. Frank Harrison, III, in connection with his services in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. As permitted under the terms of the Performance Unit Award Agreement, 19,080, 19,080 and 19,100 of such shares were settled in cash in 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of the performance units. The increase in the number of shares outstanding in 2015, 2014 and 2013 was due to the issuance of 20,920, 20,900 and 20,120 shares of Class B Common Stock related to the Performance Unit Award Agreement in each year, respectively.