Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Jun. 11, 2015	Jan. 03, 2015	Jan. 02, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Jul. 04, 2015	Apr. 04, 2015	Jan. 03, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014	Jun. 28, 2014	Mar. 29, 2014	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013
Revenue, net			$ 698.8	$ 755.6	$ 779.8	$ 709.8	$ 543.5	$ 535.0	$ 549.2	$ 475.1	$ 2,944.0	$ 2,102.8	$ 2,094.0
Cost of sales			477.7	523.1	539.2	508.5	471.7	465.5	470.2	418.9	2,048.5	1,826.3	1,818.6
Gross profit			221.1	232.5	240.6	201.3	71.8	69.5	79.0	56.2	895.5	276.5	275.4
Selling, general and administrative expenses			193.7	196.2	190.2	188.5	66.2	49.9	50.7	46.9	768.6	213.7	180.3
Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant & equipment			4.2	1.1	0.2	1.4	1.3	0.4	(0.1)	0.1	6.9	1.7	1.8
Restructuring								0.1	0.1	2.2		2.4	2.0
Asset impairments								(0.2)	0.3	1.6		1.7	0.0
Acquisition and integration expenses			5.2	6.6	4.1	4.7	37.9	0.5	1.8	1.1	20.6	41.3	3.1
Operating income		$ 1.1	18.0	28.6	46.1	6.7	(33.6)	18.8	26.2	4.3	99.4	15.7	88.2
Other (income) expense, net											(9.5)	21.0	12.8
Interest expense, net											111.0	39.7	51.6
(Loss) income before income tax (benefit) expense and equity income (loss)											(2.1)	(45.0)	23.8
Income tax (benefit) expense											(22.7)	(61.4)	1.8
Net (loss) income											20.6	16.4	22.0
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests											6.1	5.6	5.0
Less: Foreign exchange impact on redemption of preferred shares	$ 12.0										12.0
Net (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation			$ (4.4)	$ 4.8	$ 2.2	$ (6.0)	$ 18.7	$ 1.3	$ (5.9)	$ (4.1)	$ (3.4)	$ 10.0	$ 17.0
Net (loss) income per common share attributed to Cott Corporation
Basic			$ (0.04)	$ 0.04	$ 0.02	$ (0.06)	$ 0.20	$ 0.01	$ (0.06)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.03)	$ 0.11	$ 0.18
Diluted			$ (0.04)	$ 0.04	$ 0.02	$ (0.06)	$ 0.19	$ 0.01	$ (0.06)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.03)	$ 0.10	$ 0.18
Weighted average outstanding shares (thousands) attributed to Cott Corporation
Basic											103,037	93,777	94,750
Diluted											103,037	95,900	95,633
Dividends declared per common share											$ 0.24	$ 0.24	$ 0.24
Convertible Preferred Shares [Member]
Less: Accumulated dividends on convertible preferred shares											$ 4.5	$ 0.6
Non-convertible Preferred Shares [Member]
Less: Accumulated dividends on convertible preferred shares											$ 1.4	$ 0.2