Guarantor Subsidiaries - Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue, net	$ 505.4	$ 523.8
Cost of sales	449.0	460.4
Gross profit	56.4	63.4
Selling, general and administrative expenses	41.3	41.8
Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment		0.6
Operating (loss) income	15.1	21.0
Other (income) expense, net	0.3	(0.2)
Interest (income) expense, net	13.3	14.0
Income before income taxes	1.5	7.2
Income tax (benefit) expense	0.5	0.4
Net income	1.0	6.8
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	1.0	0.9
Net income (loss) attributed to Cott Corporation		5.9
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	(12.0)	13.4
Cott Corporation [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue, net	39.0	43.7
Cost of sales	33.8	37.7
Gross profit	5.2	6.0
Selling, general and administrative expenses	7.1	8.7
Operating (loss) income	(1.9)	(2.7)
Other (income) expense, net	0.2	(0.1)
Interest (income) expense, net	(0.1)	0.1
Income before income taxes	(2.0)	(2.7)
Income tax (benefit) expense	0.3	(0.5)
Equity income (loss)	2.3	8.1
Net income		5.9
Net income (loss) attributed to Cott Corporation		5.9
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	(12.0)	13.4
Cott Beverages Inc. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue, net	195.3	208.1
Cost of sales	168.2	176.2
Gross profit	27.1	31.9
Selling, general and administrative expenses	20.2	15.6
Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment		0.4
Operating (loss) income	6.9	15.9
Other (income) expense, net		0.1
Intercompany interest (income) expense, net	(2.9)	(2.3)
Interest (income) expense, net	13.3	13.7
Income before income taxes	(3.5)	4.4
Income tax (benefit) expense	(0.1)	0.7
Equity income (loss)	1.1	1.0
Net income	(2.3)	4.7
Net income (loss) attributed to Cott Corporation	(2.3)	4.7
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	(34.0)	21.9
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue, net	239.8	240.5
Cost of sales	219.3	218.2
Gross profit	20.5	22.3
Selling, general and administrative expenses	11.9	15.0
Loss on disposal of property, plant & equipment		0.2
Operating (loss) income	8.6	7.1
Intercompany interest (income) expense, net	2.9	2.3
Interest (income) expense, net	0.1	0.2
Income before income taxes	5.6	4.6
Income tax (benefit) expense	0.2	0.1
Equity income (loss)	(2.1)	5.1
Net income	3.3	9.6
Net income (loss) attributed to Cott Corporation	3.3	9.6
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	(14.0)	(75.3)
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue, net	37.1	39.7
Cost of sales	33.5	36.5
Gross profit	3.6	3.2
Selling, general and administrative expenses	2.1	2.5
Operating (loss) income	1.5	0.7
Other (income) expense, net	0.1	(0.2)
Income before income taxes	1.4	0.9
Income tax (benefit) expense	0.1	0.1
Net income	1.3	0.8
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	1.0	0.9
Net income (loss) attributed to Cott Corporation	0.3	(0.1)
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	0.6	(2.6)
Elimination Entries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Revenue, net	(5.8)	(8.2)
Cost of sales	(5.8)	(8.2)
Equity income (loss)	(1.3)	(14.2)
Net income	(1.3)	(14.2)
Net income (loss) attributed to Cott Corporation	(1.3)	(14.2)
Comprehensive (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation	$ 47.4	$ 56.0