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Long-Term Debt (Schedule Of Revolving Credit Facility) (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 06, 2013
Apr. 03, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Jul. 22, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Outstanding borrowings   $ 1,213,300,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 1,337,400,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt    
Outstanding letters of credit   55,100,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount      
Equity interest pledged in all domestic subsidiaries, percentage 100.00%bgc_EquityInterestPledgedInAllDomesticSubsidiariesPercentage        
Non-voting equity interest pledged in certain foreign subsidiaries, percentage 100.00%bgc_NonVotingEquityInterestPledgedInCertainForeignSubsidiariesPercentage        
Europe [Member]          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Outstanding borrowings   9,600,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_EuropeMember
10,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_EuropeMember
   
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity 1,000,000,000.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
  700,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
  400,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Capital expenditures to fixed charges ratio 100.00%bgc_CapitalExpendituresToFixedChargesRatio
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
       
Increase, additional borrowings 250,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
       
Capitalized deferred finance costs   900,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
1,700,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
4,900,000us-gaap_DeferredFinanceCostsNet
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
 
Threshold for line of credit facility percentage of asset based revolving credit facilities 10.00%bgc_ThresholdForLineOfCreditFacilityPercentageOfAssetBasedRevolvingCreditFacililties
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
       
Outstanding borrowings   202,400,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
136,800,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
   
Total credit under facility   1,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
1,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
   
Undrawn availability   391,300,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
[1] 425,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
[1]    
Interest rate   2.60%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
2.10%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
   
Outstanding letters of credit   41,400,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
58,500,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
   
Original issuance   Jul. 31, 2011 Jul. 31, 2011    
Maturity date   Sep. 30, 2018 Sep. 30, 2018    
Equity interest pledged 65.00%bgc_EquityInterestPledged
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
       
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | UNITED STATES [Member]          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity         630,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= country_US
Undrawn availability   237,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= country_US
257,700,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= country_US
   
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | CANADA [Member]          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity         70,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= country_CA
Undrawn availability   52,300,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= country_CA
54,300,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= country_CA
   
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Europe [Member]          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity         300,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_EuropeMember
Undrawn availability   101,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_EuropeMember
113,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_EuropeMember
   
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Minimum [Member]          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Threshold for line of credit facility borrowings $ 100,000,000bgc_ThresholdForLineOfCreditBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
       
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage 0.25%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
       
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Maximum [Member]          
Debt Instrument [Line Items]          
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage 0.375%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
       
[1] Total undrawn availability for the U.S. borrower, the Canadian borrower and the European borrowers at April 3, 2015 is $237.5 million, $52.3 million and $101.5 million, respectively. Total undrawn availability for the U.S. borrower, the Canadian borrower and the European borrowers at December 31, 2014 was $257.7 million, $54.3 million and $113.0 million, respectively.