Consolidated Statements of Operations Unaudited (USD $) In Millions, except Share data in Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2014	Mar. 30, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue, net	$ 475.1	$ 505.4
Cost of sales	424.8	449.0
Gross profit	50.3	56.4
Selling, general and administrative expenses	42.3	41.3
Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment	0.1
Restructuring and asset impairments
Restructuring	2.2
Asset impairments	1.6
Operating income	4.1	15.1
Other (income) expense, net	(2.3)	0.3
Interest expense, net	9.8	13.3
(Loss) income before income tax (benefit) expense and equity income (loss)	(3.4)	1.5
Income tax (benefit) expense	(0.9)	0.5
Net (loss) income	(2.5)	1.0
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	1.4	1.0
Net loss attributed to Cott Corporation	$ (3.9)	$ 0
Net loss per common share attributed to Cott Corporation
Basic	$ (0.04)
Diluted	$ (0.04)
Weighted average outstanding shares (thousands) attributed to Cott Corporation
Basic	94,319	95,371
Diluted	94,319	95,801
Dividends declared per share	$ 0.06	$ 0.06