Subsequent Events	3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	SUBSEQUENT EVENTS 2015 Incentive Award Plan In April 2015, the Board of Directors adopted the Checkpoint Systems, Inc. 2015 Incentive Award Plan (the 2015 Plan), subject to shareholder approval at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on June 3, 2015. If the 2015 Plan is approved by shareholders at the annual meeting, no additional awards are to be made under the Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the 2004 Plan). All awards previously granted under the 2004 Plan will remain subject to the terms of the 2004 Plan. The 2015 Plan authorizes the issuance of a total of 3,877,777 shares of common stock, which will be reduced by any shares issued pursuant to awards granted under the 2004 Plan after December 28, 2014. This represents an increase of 1,252,766 shares over the current reserve in the 2004 Plan. In addition, subject to certain limitations, shares covered by an award granted under the 2015 Plan or shares covered by an award previously granted under the 2004 Plan which expire or are canceled without having been exercised in full or that are forfeited or repurchased shall be added to the shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2015 Plan. 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan In April 2015, the Board of Directors adopted the 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the 2015 ESPP), subject to shareholder approval at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on June 3, 2015. The 2015 ESPP is designed to replace the Checkpoint Systems, Inc. 423 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the Prior ESPP). We exhausted the number of shares available for issuance under the Prior ESPP at the end of March 2015. In connection with the adoption of the 2015 ESPP, we registered an additional 600,000 shares of common stock in a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on March 31, 2015.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

2015 Incentive Award Plan

In April 2015, the Board of Directors adopted the Checkpoint Systems, Inc. 2015 Incentive Award Plan (the 2015 Plan), subject to shareholder approval at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on June 3, 2015. If the 2015 Plan is approved by shareholders at the annual meeting, no additional awards are to be made under the Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the 2004 Plan). All awards previously granted under the 2004 Plan will remain subject to the terms of the 2004 Plan. The 2015 Plan authorizes the issuance of a total of 3,877,777 shares of common stock, which will be reduced by any shares issued pursuant to awards granted under the 2004 Plan after December 28, 2014. This represents an increase of 1,252,766 shares over the current reserve in the 2004 Plan. In addition, subject to certain limitations, shares covered by an award granted under the 2015 Plan or shares covered by an award previously granted under the 2004 Plan which expire or are canceled without having been exercised in full or that are forfeited or repurchased shall be added to the shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2015 Plan.

2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In April 2015, the Board of Directors adopted the 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the 2015 ESPP), subject to shareholder approval at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on June 3, 2015. The 2015 ESPP is designed to replace the Checkpoint Systems, Inc. 423 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the Prior ESPP). We exhausted the number of shares available for issuance under the Prior ESPP at the end of March 2015. In connection with the adoption of the 2015 ESPP, we registered an additional 600,000 shares of common stock in a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on March 31, 2015.