Legal Proceedings (Details 2) (Legal Proceedings and Stockholder Litigation)			0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2013 CERT v. Brad Barry LLC and Starbucks Corp item	Dec. 28, 2013 Putative securities fraud class actions item	Sep. 26, 2013 Consolidated putative securities fraud class action, Fifield v. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters	Dec. 28, 2013 Putative stockholder derivative actions item	Apr. 27, 2012 Consolidated putative stockholder derivative action in District of Vermont item	Nov. 29, 2010 Consolidated putative stockholder derivative action in District of Vermont item	Sep. 28, 2010 Consolidated putative stockholder derivative action in District of Vermont item	Dec. 28, 2013 Consolidated putative stockholder derivative action in District of Vermont item
Legal Proceedings
Number of affirmative defenses shared by all defendants	3
Number of pending actions		2		2
Number of separate complaints in consolidated action								5
Loss Contingency, New Claims Filed, Number							2
Period allowed to plaintiffs to amend their complaint			30 days
Number of separate complaints ordered by federal court to be consolidated into the action					2	2