Risks and Uncertainties - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Jan. 01, 2017 Customer Supplier Entity
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of domestic supplier of aluminum cans \| Supplier	2
Number of entities in which reporting entity is shareholder and purchases all plastic bottles \| Entity	2
Coke Bottle Can Sales Volume Product [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage of related party products volume to customers	90.00%
Concentration risk percentage of other beverage companies	10.00%
Coke Bottle Can Sales Volume Product [Member] \| Product Concentration Risk [Member] \| Future Consumption [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	66.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of customers other than major customers representing more than ten percent of sales \| Customer	0
Collective Bargaining Agreements [Member] \| Labor Force Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	9.00%

Concentration risk percentage of other beverage companies products volume to customers.

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Concentration risk percentage of related party products volume to customers.

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Number of customers other than major customers representing more than ten percent of sales.

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Number of domestic supplier of aluminum cans.

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Number of entities in which reporting entity is shareholder and purchases all plastic bottles.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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