Guarantor Subsidiaries (Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries) - Consolidating Balance Sheets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jul. 04, 2015	Apr. 04, 2015	Jan. 03, 2015	Jun. 28, 2014	Mar. 29, 2014	Dec. 28, 2013
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	$ 79.0	$ 34.5	$ 86.2	$ 90.9	$ 40.6	$ 47.2
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	366.6		305.7
Income taxes recoverable	1.3		1.6
Inventories	266.7		262.4
Prepaid expenses and other assets	39.5		59.3
Total current assets	753.1		715.2
Property, plant & equipment, net	820.2		864.5
Goodwill	748.9		743.6
Intangibles and other assets, net	749.9		781.7
Deferred income taxes	1.3		2.5
Other tax receivable	0.1		0.2
Total assets	3,073.5		3,107.7
Short-term borrowings	198.2		229.0
Current maturities of long-term debt	3.9		4.0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	453.9		420.3
Total current liabilities	656.0		653.3
Long-term debt	1,550.2		1,565.0
Deferred income taxes	101.8		119.9
Other long-term liabilities	88.5		71.8
Total liabilities	2,396.5		2,410.0
Equity
Capital stock, no par	532.1		388.3
Additional paid-in-capital	50.9		46.6
Retained earnings (deficit)	142.2		158.1
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(54.6)		(51.0)
Total Cott Corporation equity	670.6		542.0
Non-controlling interests	6.4		6.9
Total equity	677.0		548.9	589.0		604.4
Total liabilities, preferred shares and equity	3,073.5		3,107.7
Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	79.0	34.5	86.2	90.9	40.6	47.2
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	366.6		305.7
Income taxes recoverable	1.3		1.6
Inventories	266.7		262.4
Prepaid expenses and other assets	39.5		59.3
Total current assets	753.1		715.2
Property, plant & equipment, net	820.2		864.5
Goodwill	748.9		743.6
Intangibles and other assets, net	749.9		781.7
Deferred income taxes	1.3		2.5
Other tax receivable	1.0		0.2
Total assets	3,073.5		3,107.7
Short-term borrowings	198.2		229.0
Current maturities of long-term debt	3.9		4.0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	453.9		420.3
Total current liabilities	656.0		653.3
Long-term debt	15,550.2		1,565.0
Deferred income taxes	101.8		119.9
Other long-term liabilities	88.5		71.8
Total liabilities	2,396.5		2,410.0
Convertible preferred shares			116.1
Non-convertible preferred shares			32.7
Equity
Capital stock, no par	532.1		388.3
Additional paid-in-capital	50.9		46.6
Retained earnings (deficit)	142.2		158.1
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(54.6)		(51.0)
Total Cott Corporation equity	670.6		542.0
Non-controlling interests	6.4		6.9
Total equity	677.0		548.9
Total liabilities, preferred shares and equity	3,073.5		3,107.7
Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member] | Cott Corporation [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	13.8	0.3	6.2	7.2	4.0	1.5
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	22.3		16.2
Inventories	15.2		12.4
Prepaid expenses and other assets	3.1		3.2
Total current assets	54.4		38.0
Property, plant & equipment, net	33.6		38.2
Goodwill	21.8		23.4
Intangibles and other assets, net	0.7		0.7
Deferred income taxes	1.2		2.5
Other tax receivable	0.1		0.1
Due from affiliates	33.0		183.8
Investments in subsidiaries	577.4		436.3
Total assets	722.2		723.0
Current maturities of long-term debt			0.1
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	49.9		30.4
Total current liabilities	49.9		30.5
Other long-term liabilities	0.5		0.4
Due to affiliates	1.2		1.3
Total liabilities	51.6		32.2
Convertible preferred shares			116.1
Non-convertible preferred shares			32.7
Equity
Capital stock, no par	532.1		388.3
Additional paid-in-capital	50.9		46.6
Retained earnings (deficit)	142.2		158.1
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(54.6)		(51.0)
Total Cott Corporation equity	670.6		542.0
Total equity	670.6		542.0
Total liabilities, preferred shares and equity	722.2		723.0
Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member] | Cott Beverages Inc. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	5.1	1.4	8.6	32.9	5.9	1.1
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	168.6		130.4
Income taxes recoverable	0.6		0.6
Inventories	76.7		72.5
Prepaid expenses and other assets	17.3		39.5
Total current assets	268.3		251.6
Property, plant & equipment, net	165.1		178.4
Goodwill	4.5		4.5
Intangibles and other assets, net	100.8		105.3
Deferred income taxes	33.8		30.5
Other tax receivable			0.1
Due from affiliates	709.3		564.5
Investments in subsidiaries	630.6		623.5
Total assets	1,912.4		1,758.4
Short-term borrowings	192.0		229.0
Current maturities of long-term debt	2.6		2.5
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	234.2		212.4
Total current liabilities	428.8		443.9
Long-term debt	1,155.7		1,157.1
Other long-term liabilities	15.6		5.8
Due to affiliates	1.6		1.7
Total liabilities	1,601.7		1,608.5
Equity
Capital stock, no par	685.2		525.7
Retained earnings (deficit)	(368.5)		(367.2)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(6.0)		(8.6)
Total Cott Corporation equity	310.7		149.9
Total equity	310.7		149.9
Total liabilities, preferred shares and equity	1,912.4		1,758.4
Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	54.3	28.2	64.0	44.1	26.4	39.1
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	387.3		333.8
Income taxes recoverable	0.7		0.6
Inventories	167.9		172.0
Prepaid expenses and other assets	18.9		16.2
Total current assets	629.1		586.6
Property, plant & equipment, net	614.3		640.1
Goodwill	722.6		715.7
Intangibles and other assets, net	643.7		669.0
Due from affiliates	2.8		3.0
Investments in subsidiaries	621.1		349.6
Total assets	3,233.6		2,964.0
Short-term borrowings	6.2
Current maturities of long-term debt	0.5		0.5
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	386.2		356.3
Total current liabilities	392.9		356.8
Long-term debt	394.3		407.3
Deferred income taxes	135.6		150.4
Other long-term liabilities	71.1		64.3
Due to affiliates	711.3		715.5
Total liabilities	1,705.2		1,694.3
Equity
Capital stock, no par	1,909.5		1,595.8
Retained earnings (deficit)	(386.3)		(330.1)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	5.2		4.0
Total Cott Corporation equity	1,528.4		1,269.7
Total equity	1,528.4		1,269.7
Total liabilities, preferred shares and equity	3,233.6		2,964.0
Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash & cash equivalents	5.8	$ 4.6	7.4	$ 6.7	$ 4.3	$ 5.5
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	16.2		12.2
Income taxes recoverable			0.4
Inventories	6.9		5.5
Prepaid expenses and other assets	0.2		0.4
Total current assets	29.1		25.9
Property, plant & equipment, net	7.2		7.8
Intangibles and other assets, net	4.7		6.7
Deferred income taxes	0.1
Due from affiliates			0.1
Total assets	41.1		40.5
Current maturities of long-term debt	0.8		0.9
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	11.4		8.1
Total current liabilities	12.2		9.0
Long-term debt	0.2		0.6
Other long-term liabilities	1.3		1.3
Due to affiliates	31.0		32.9
Total liabilities	44.7		43.8
Equity
Capital stock, no par	39.1		39.7
Retained earnings (deficit)	(55.5)		(55.1)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	6.4		5.2
Total Cott Corporation equity	(10.4)		(10.2)
Non-controlling interests	6.4		6.9
Total equity	(3.6)		(3.3)
Total liabilities, preferred shares and equity	41.1		40.5
Cott Corporation, CBI, Cott Guarantor Subsidiaries and our other non-guarantor subsidiaries [Member] | Elimination Entries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	(227.8)		(186.9)
Total current assets	(227.8)		(186.9)
Deferred income taxes	(33.8)		(30.5)
Due from affiliates	(745.1)		(751.4)
Investments in subsidiaries	(1,829.1)		(1,409.4)
Total assets	(2,835.8)		(2,378.2)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(227.8)		(186.9)
Total current liabilities	(227.8)		(186.9)
Deferred income taxes	(33.8)		(30.5)
Due to affiliates	(745.1)		(751.4)
Total liabilities	(1,006.7)		(968.8)
Equity
Capital stock, no par	(2,633.8)		(2,161.2)
Retained earnings (deficit)	810.3		752.4
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income	(5.6)		(0.6)
Total Cott Corporation equity	(1,829.1)		(1,409.4)
Total equity	1,829.1		(1,409.4)
Total liabilities, preferred shares and equity	$ (2,835.8)		$ (2,378.2)