Guarantor Subsidiaries - Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2014	Mar. 30, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
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 (loss) income	4.1	15.1
Other expense (income), net	(2.3)	0.3
Intercompany interest (income) expense, net
Interest (income) 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
Equity income (loss)
Net (loss) income	(2.5)	1.0
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	1.4	1.0
Net (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	(3.9)	0
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	(5.6)	(12.0)
Cott Corporation [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue, net	37.2	39.0
Cost of sales	34.2	33.8
Gross profit	3.0	5.2
Selling, general and administrative expenses	6.5	7.1
Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment
Restructuring and asset impairments
Restructuring	1.9
Asset impairments	0.9
Operating (loss) income	(6.3)	(1.9)
Other expense (income), net	0.2	0.2
Intercompany interest (income) expense, net
Interest (income) expense, net	0.1	(0.1)
(Loss) income before income tax (benefit) expense and equity income (loss)	(6.6)	(2.0)
Income tax (benefit) expense	(1.0)	0.3
Equity income (loss)	1.7	2.3
Net (loss) income	(3.9)
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
Net (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	(3.9)
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	(5.6)	(12.0)
Cott Beverages Inc. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue, net	175.1	195.3
Cost of sales	155.4	168.2
Gross profit	19.7	27.1
Selling, general and administrative expenses	24.5	20.2
Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment	0.1
Restructuring and asset impairments
Restructuring	0.2
Asset impairments
Operating (loss) income	(5.1)	6.9
Other expense (income), net	(2.6)
Intercompany interest (income) expense, net	(3.5)	(2.9)
Interest (income) expense, net	9.0	13.3
(Loss) income before income tax (benefit) expense and equity income (loss)	(8.0)	(3.5)
Income tax (benefit) expense	0.3	(0.1)
Equity income (loss)	1.3	1.1
Net (loss) income	(7.0)	(2.3)
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
Net (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	(7.0)	(2.3)
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	(2.9)	(34.0)
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue, net	242.3	239.8
Cost of sales	219.4	219.3
Gross profit	22.9	20.5
Selling, general and administrative expenses	9.2	11.9
Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment
Restructuring and asset impairments
Restructuring	0.1
Asset impairments	0.7
Operating (loss) income	12.9	8.6
Other expense (income), net
Intercompany interest (income) expense, net	3.5	2.9
Interest (income) expense, net	0.7	0.1
(Loss) income before income tax (benefit) expense and equity income (loss)	8.7	5.6
Income tax (benefit) expense	(0.3)	0.2
Equity income (loss)	(6.8)	(2.1)
Net (loss) income	2.2	3.3
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
Net (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	2.2	3.3
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	5.4	(14.0)
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue, net	32.3	37.1
Cost of sales	27.6	33.5
Gross profit	4.7	3.6
Selling, general and administrative expenses	2.1	2.1
Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment
Restructuring and asset impairments
Restructuring
Asset impairments
Operating (loss) income	2.6	1.5
Other expense (income), net	0.1	0.1
Intercompany interest (income) expense, net
Interest (income) expense, net
(Loss) income before income tax (benefit) expense and equity income (loss)	2.5	1.4
Income tax (benefit) expense	0.1	0.1
Equity income (loss)
Net (loss) income	2.4	1.3
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	1.4	1.0
Net (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	1.0	0.3
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	0.9	0.6
Elimination Entries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue, net	(11.8)	(5.8)
Cost of sales	(11.8)	(5.8)
Gross profit
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment
Restructuring and asset impairments
Restructuring
Asset impairments
Operating (loss) income
Other expense (income), net
Intercompany interest (income) expense, net
Interest (income) expense, net
(Loss) income before income tax (benefit) expense and equity income (loss)
Income tax (benefit) expense
Equity income (loss)	3.8	(1.3)
Net (loss) income	3.8	(1.3)
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
Net (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	3.8	(1.3)
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	$ (3.4)	$ 47.4