Guarantor Subsidiaries - Additional Information (Detail) (Liabilities, Total [Member])	9 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2014
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Concentration risk	100.00%
5.375% Senior Notes Due in 2022 [Member] \| Cott Beverages Inc. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Concentration risk	100.00%
8.125% Senior Notes Due in 2018 [Member] \| Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Concentration risk	100.00%
8.375% Senior Notes Due in 2017 [Member] \| Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Concentration risk	100.00%

For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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