Merger, Acquisition, and Dispositions - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, MXN in Millions, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Nov. 05, 2013 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Aug. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2013 MXN	Dec. 26, 2015 $ / shares	Dec. 27, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 28, 2013 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of shares issued to acquire entity						88.00%
Common stock shares outstanding | shares	530,000,000
Common stock, par value | $ / shares						$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Consideration transferred in stock transaction amounted			$ 9
Percentage of ownership in combined company by shareholders of the Company before the Merger	55.00%
Joint venture, Investment sale amount							$ 43	$ 675
Joint venture, gain on sale of investment								382
Cumulative translation losses released from Other comprehensive income								39
Net income from equity method investments								14
Office Depot De Mexico
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of equity method investment sold				50.00%	50.00%
Joint venture, Investment sale amount				$ 680	MXN 8,777
Joint venture, gain on sale of investment				$ 382
Net income from equity method investments								$ 13
Grupo OfficeMax
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Sale of stock, percentage of ownership before transaction		51.00%
Proceeds from sale of consolidated joint venture		$ 43
Loss on sale of consolidated joint venture		$ (2)
OfficeMax
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Office Depot shares of common stock issued to former OfficeMax holders | shares	240,000,000
Percentage of shares issued to acquire entity	45.00%
Merger agreement, new shares of common stock issuable | shares	2.69
Common stock, par value | $ / shares	$ 2.50
Consideration transferred in stock transaction amounted	$ 1,400