Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Share data in Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue, net	$ 2,094.0	$ 2,250.6	$ 2,334.6
Cost of sales	1,842.0	1,961.1	2,058.0
Gross profit	252.0	289.5	276.6
Selling, general and administrative expenses	160.4	178.0	172.7
Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment	1.0	1.8	1.2
Restructuring and asset impairments
Restructuring	2.0
Asset impairments			0.6
Intangible asset impairments			1.4
Operating income	88.6	109.7	100.7
Contingent consideration earn-out adjustment		0.6	0.9
Other expense (income), net	12.8	(2.0)	2.2
Interest expense, net	51.6	54.2	57.1
Income before income taxes	24.2	56.9	40.5
Income tax expense (benefit)	2.2	4.6	(0.7)
Net income	22.0	52.3	41.2
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	5.0	4.5	3.6
Net income attributed to Cott Corporation	$ 17.0	$ 47.8	$ 37.6
Net income per common share attributed to Cott Corporation
Basic	$ 0.18	$ 0.51	$ 0.40
Diluted	$ 0.18	$ 0.50	$ 0.40
Weighted average outstanding shares (thousands) attributed to Cott Corporation
Basic	94,750	94,553	94,241
Diluted	95,633	94,775	95,001
Dividends declared per share	$ 0.24	$ 0.06