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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information - USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2018	Jan. 27, 2019	Jun. 29, 2018
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-K
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 30, 2018
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Trading Symbol	COKE
Entity Registrant Name	Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000317540
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-30
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Public Float			$ 629,500,943
Common Stock [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		7,141,447
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		2,213,018

Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Net sales	$ 4,625,364	$ 4,287,588	$ 3,130,145
Cost of sales	3,069,652	2,782,721	1,940,706
Gross profit	1,555,712	1,504,867	1,189,439
Selling, delivery and administrative expenses	1,497,810	1,403,320	1,058,240
Income from operations	57,902	101,547	131,199
Interest expense, net	50,506	41,869	36,325
Other expense, net	30,853	9,565	1,470
Gain (loss) on exchange transactions	10,170	12,893	(692)
Income (loss) before taxes	(13,287)	63,006	92,712
Income tax expense (benefit)	1,869	(39,841)	36,049
Net income (loss)	(15,156)	102,847	56,663
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	4,774	6,312	6,517
Net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.	$ (19,930)	$ 96,535	$ 50,146
Basic net income (loss) per share based on net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$ (2.13)	$ 10.35	$ 5.39
Weighted average number of Common Stock shares outstanding	7,141	7,141	7,141
Diluted net income (loss) per share based on net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$ (2.13)	$ 10.30	$ 5.36
Weighted average number of Common Stock shares outstanding – assuming dilution	9,350	9,369	9,349
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Basic net income (loss) per share based on net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$ (2.13)	$ 10.35	$ 5.39
Weighted average number of Common Stock shares outstanding	2,209	2,188	2,168
Diluted net income (loss) per share based on net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$ (2.13)	$ 10.29	$ 5.35
Weighted average number of Common Stock shares outstanding – assuming dilution	2,209	2,228	2,208

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Statement Of Income And Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income (loss)	$ (15,156)	$ 102,847	$ 56,663
Defined benefit plans reclassification including pension costs:
Actuarial gain (loss)	5,928	(6,225)	(4,150)
Prior service credits	19	18	17
Postretirement benefits reclassification including benefit costs:
Actuarial gain (loss)	12,397	592	(4,286)
Prior service costs	(1,393)	(1,935)	(2,065)
Recognized loss due to the October 2017 Divestitures		6,220
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(14)	25	(6)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	16,937	(1,305)	(10,490)
Comprehensive income	1,781	101,542	46,173
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest	4,774	6,312	6,517
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.	$ (2,993)	$ 95,230	$ 39,656

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 13,548	$ 16,902
Accounts receivable, trade	436,890	396,022
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(9,141)	(7,606)
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company	44,915	65,996
Accounts receivable, other	30,493	38,960
Inventories	210,033	183,618
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	70,680	100,646
Total current assets	797,418	794,538
Property, plant and equipment, net	990,532	1,031,388
Leased property under capital leases, net	23,720	29,837
Other assets	115,490	116,209
Goodwill	165,903	169,316
Total assets	3,009,928	3,072,960
Current liabilities:
Current portion of obligations under capital leases	8,617	8,221
Accounts payable, trade	152,040	197,049
Accounts payable to The Coca-Cola Company	112,425	171,042
Other accrued liabilities	250,246	185,530
Accrued compensation	72,316	72,484
Accrued interest payable	6,093	5,126
Total current liabilities	601,737	639,452
Deferred income taxes	127,174	112,364
Pension and postretirement benefit obligations	85,682	118,392
Other liabilities	609,135	620,579
Obligations under capital leases	26,631	35,248
Long-term debt	1,104,403	1,088,018
Total liabilities	2,554,762	2,614,053
Commitments and Contingencies
Equity:
Capital in excess of par value	124,228	120,417
Retained earnings	359,435	388,718
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(77,265)	(94,202)
Treasury stock, at cost:
Total equity of Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.	358,187	366,702
Noncontrolling interest	96,979	92,205
Total equity	455,166	458,907
Total liabilities and equity	3,009,928	3,072,960
Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Equity:
Preferred Stock
Nonconvertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Equity:
Preferred Stock
Preferred Stock [Member]
Equity:
Preferred Stock
Common Stock [Member]
Equity:
Common Stock	10,204	10,204
Treasury stock, at cost:
Treasury stock	(60,845)	(60,845)
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Equity:
Common Stock	2,839	2,819
Treasury stock, at cost:
Treasury stock	(409)	(409)
Distribution Agreements [Member]
Current Assets:
Other identifiable intangible assets, net	900,383	913,352
Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets [Member]
Current Assets:
Other identifiable intangible assets, net	$ 16,482	$ 18,320

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Stock, par value	$ 100.00	$ 100.00
Preferred Stock, shares authorized	50,000	50,000
Preferred Stock, shares issued	0	0
Nonconvertible Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Stock, par value	$ 100.00	$ 100.00
Preferred Stock, shares authorized	50,000	50,000
Preferred Stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred Stock, shares authorized	20,000,000	20,000,000
Preferred Stock, shares issued	0	0
Common Stock [Member]
Common stock, par value	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common stock, shares authorized	30,000,000	30,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	10,203,821	10,203,821
Treasury stock, shares	3,062,374	3,062,374
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Common stock, par value	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common stock, shares authorized	10,000,000	10,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	2,841,132	2,820,836
Treasury stock, shares	628,114	628,114
Class C Common Stock [Member]
Common stock, par value	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common stock, shares authorized	20,000,000	20,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	0	0

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)	$ (15,156)	$ 102,847	$ 56,663
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation expense from property, plant and equipment and capital leases	164,502	150,422	111,613
Amortization of intangible assets and deferred proceeds, net	22,754	18,419	5,010
Deferred income taxes	9,366	(58,111)	42,942
Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment	7,103	4,492	2,892
Impairment of property, plant and equipment	453		382
(Gain) loss on exchange transactions	(10,170)	(12,893)	692
Proceeds from Territory Conversion Fee		91,450
Proceeds from Legacy Facilities Credit	1,320	30,647
Amortization of debt costs	1,477	1,082	1,855
Stock compensation expense	5,606	7,922	7,154
Fair value adjustment of acquisition related contingent consideration	28,767	3,226	(1,910)
System Transformation Transactions settlements		(6,996)
Gain on acquisition of Southeastern Container preferred shares in CCR redistribution		(6,012)
Change in current assets less current liabilities (exclusive of acquisitions)	(26,387)	259	(39,909)
Change in other noncurrent assets (exclusive of acquisitions)	4,347	(17,916)	(14,564)
Change in other noncurrent liabilities (exclusive of acquisitions)	(25,122)	(1,100)	(10,850)
Other	19	78	25
Total adjustments	184,035	204,969	105,332
Net cash provided by operating activities	168,879	307,816	161,995
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Acquisition of distribution territories and manufacturing plants, net of cash acquired and purchase price settlements	456	(265,060)	(272,637)
Additions to property, plant and equipment (exclusive of acquisitions)	(138,235)	(176,601)	(172,586)
Net cash paid for exchange transactions	(13,116)	(19,393)
Glacéau distribution agreement consideration		(15,598)
Portion of Legacy Facilities Credit related to Mobile, Alabama facility		12,364
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment	5,259	608	1,072
Proceeds from cold drink equipment	3,789	8,400
Investment in CONA Services LLC	(2,098)	(3,615)	(7,875)
Net cash used in investing activities	(143,945)	(458,895)	(452,026)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of Senior Notes	150,000	125,000
Borrowings under Term Loan Facility			300,000
Borrowing under Revolving Credit Facility	356,000	448,000	410,000
Payments on Revolving Credit Facility	(483,000)	(393,000)	(258,000)
Payments on Senior Notes			(164,757)
Payment on Term Loan Facility	(7,500)
Cash dividends paid	(9,353)	(9,328)	(9,307)
Payment of acquisition related contingent consideration	(24,683)	(16,738)	(13,550)
Principal payments on capital lease obligations	(8,221)	(7,485)	(7,063)
Debt issuance fees	(1,531)	(318)	(940)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(28,288)	146,131	256,383
Net increase (decrease) in cash	(3,354)	(4,948)	(33,648)
Cash at beginning of year	16,902	21,850	55,498
Cash at end of year	$ 13,548	$ 16,902	$ 21,850

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Class B Common Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Class B Common Stock [Member]	Capital in Excess of Par Value [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member] Class B Common Stock [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	Treasury Stock - Common Stock [Member]	Treasury Stock - Common Stock [Member] Class B Common Stock [Member]	Total Equity of Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. [Member]	Total Equity of Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. [Member] Class B Common Stock [Member]	Non-controlling Interest [Member]
Beginning Balance at Jan. 03, 2016	$ 322,432		$ 10,204	$ 2,777	$ 113,064	$ 260,672		$ (82,407)	$ (60,845)	$ (409)	$ 243,056		$ 79,376
Net income (loss)	56,663					50,146					50,146		6,517
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	(10,490)							(10,490)			(10,490)
Cash dividends paid Common Stock ($1.00 per share)	(7,141)	$ (2,166)				(7,141)	$ (2,166)				(7,141)	$ (2,166)
Issuance of shares of Class B Common Stock	3,726			21	3,705						3,726
Ending Balance at Jan. 01, 2017	363,024		10,204	2,798	116,769	301,511		(92,897)	(60,845)	(409)	277,131		85,893
Net income (loss)	102,847					96,535					96,535		6,312
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	(1,305)							(1,305)			(1,305)
Cash dividends paid Common Stock ($1.00 per share)	(7,141)	(2,187)				(7,141)	(2,187)				(7,141)	(2,187)
Issuance of shares of Class B Common Stock	3,669			21	3,648						3,669
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2017	458,907		10,204	2,819	120,417	388,718		(94,202)	(60,845)	(409)	366,702		92,205
Net income (loss)	(15,156)					(19,930)					(19,930)		4,774
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	16,937							16,937			16,937
Cash dividends paid Common Stock ($1.00 per share)	(7,141)	$ (2,212)				(7,141)	$ (2,212)				(7,141)	$ (2,212)
Issuance of shares of Class B Common Stock	3,831			20	3,811						3,831
Ending Balance at Dec. 30, 2018	$ 455,166		$ 10,204	$ 2,839	$ 124,228	$ 359,435		$ (77,265)	$ (60,845)	$ (409)	$ 358,187		$ 96,979

- Definition

The consolidated profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, including the portion attributable to the noncontrolling interest.

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Cash dividend per share	$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Cash dividend per share	$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Class B common stock shares issued	20,296	21,020	20,920

Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

Coca‑Cola Consolidated, Inc. (the “Company”) produces, markets and distributes nonalcoholic beverages, primarily products of The Coca‑Cola Company, and is the largest Coca‑Cola bottler in the United States. Approximately 88% of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume to retail customers consists of products of The Coca‑Cola Company, which include some of the most recognized and popular beverage brands in the world. The Company also distributes products for several other beverage companies, including BA Sports Nutrition, LLC (“BodyArmor”), Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (“Dr Pepper”) and Monster Energy Company (“Monster Energy”).

The Company manages its business on the basis of four operating segments. Nonalcoholic Beverages represents the vast majority of the Company’s consolidated revenues and income from operations. The additional three operating segments do not meet the quantitative thresholds for separate reporting, either individually or in the aggregate, and therefore have been combined into “All Other.”

Piedmont Coca-Cola Bottling Partnership (“Piedmont”) is the Company’s only subsidiary that has a significant third-party noncontrolling interest. Piedmont distributes and markets nonalcoholic beverages in portions of North Carolina and South Carolina. The Company provides a portion of these nonalcoholic beverage products to Piedmont at cost and receives a fee for managing the operations of Piedmont pursuant to a management agreement. See Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information.

As part of The Coca‑Cola Company’s plans to refranchise its North American bottling territories, the Company recently concluded a series of transactions from April 2013 to October 2017 with The Coca‑Cola Company, Coca‑Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. (“CCR”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Coca‑Cola Company, and Coca‑Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (“United”), an independent bottler that is unrelated to the Company, to significantly expand the Company’s distribution and manufacturing operations through the acquisition and exchange of rights to serve distribution territories and related distribution assets, as well as the acquisition and exchange of regional manufacturing facilities and related manufacturing assets. See Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fiscal Year

The Company’s fiscal year generally ends on the Sunday closest to December 31 of each year. The fiscal years presented are the 52‑week periods ended December 30, 2018 (“2018”), December 31, 2017 (“2017”) and January 1, 2017 (“2016”).

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash in banks and cash equivalents, which are highly liquid debt instruments with maturities of less than 90 days. The Company maintains cash deposits with major banks, which, from time to time, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company periodically assesses the financial condition of the institutions and believes the risk of any loss is minimal.

Accounts Receivable, Trade

The Company sells its products to mass merchandise retailers, supermarkets retailers, convenience stores and other customers and extends credit, generally without requiring collateral, based on an ongoing evaluation of the customer’s business prospects and financial condition. The Company’s trade accounts receivable are typically collected within 30 days from the date of sale.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company sells its products and extends credit, generally without requiring collateral, based on an ongoing evaluation of the customer’s business prospects and financial condition. The Company evaluates the collectibility of its trade accounts receivable based on a number of factors, including the Company’s historic collections pattern and changes to a specific customer’s ability to meet its financial obligations. The Company has established an allowance for doubtful accounts to adjust the recorded receivable to the estimated amount the Company believes will ultimately be collected.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined on the first-in, first-out method for finished products and manufacturing materials and on the average cost method for plastic shells, plastic pallets and other inventories.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements on operating leases are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful lives or the term of the lease, including renewal options the Company determines are reasonably assured. Additions and major replacements or betterments are added to the assets at cost. Maintenance and repair costs and minor replacements are charged to expense when incurred. When assets are replaced or otherwise disposed, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the gains or losses, if any, are reflected in the statements of operations. Gains or losses on the disposal of manufacturing equipment and manufacturing plants are included in cost of sales. Gains or losses on the disposal of all other property, plant and equipment are included in selling, delivery and administrative (“SD&A”) expenses.

The Company evaluates the recoverability of the carrying amount of its property, plant and equipment when events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable. These evaluations are performed at a level where independent cash flows may be attributed to either an asset or an asset group. If the Company determines the carrying amount of an asset or asset group is not recoverable based upon the expected undiscounted future cash flows of the asset or asset group, an impairment loss is recorded equal to the excess of the carrying amounts over the estimated fair value of the long-lived assets.

Leased Property Under Capital Leases

Leased property under capital leases is depreciated using the straight-line method over the lease term. The depreciation expense is included in depreciation expense from property, plant and equipment and capital leases on the consolidated statements of cash flow.

Internal Use Software

The Company capitalizes costs incurred in the development or acquisition of internal use software. The Company expenses costs incurred in the preliminary project planning stage. Costs, such as maintenance and training, are also expensed as incurred. Capitalized costs are amortized over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. Amortization expense, which is included in depreciation expense, for internal-use software was $10.0 million in 2018, $11.9 million in 2017 and $10.9 million in 2016.

Goodwill

All business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method. Goodwill is tested for impairment annually, or more frequently if facts and circumstances indicate such assets may be impaired. The Company performs its annual impairment test, which includes a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the goodwill is below its carrying value, as of the first day of the fourth quarter each year, and more often if there are significant changes in business conditions that could result in impairment.

The Company has determined it has one reporting unit, within the Nonalcoholic Beverages reportable segment, for the purpose of assessing goodwill for potential impairment. The Company uses its overall market capitalization as part of its estimate of fair value of the reporting unit and in assessing the reasonableness of the Company’s internal estimates of fair value.

When a quantitative analysis is considered necessary for the annual impairment analysis of goodwill, the Company develops an estimated fair value for the reporting unit considering three different approaches:

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market value, using the Company’s stock price plus outstanding debt;

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discounted cash flow analysis; and

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multiple of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization based upon relevant industry data.

The estimated fair value of the reporting unit is then compared to its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the estimated fair value exceeds the carrying amount, goodwill is not considered impaired. If the carrying amount, including goodwill, exceeds its estimated fair value, any excess of the carrying value of goodwill of the reporting unit over its fair value is recorded as an impairment.

To the extent the actual and projected cash flows decline in the future or if market conditions significantly deteriorate, the Company may be required to perform an interim impairment analysis that could result in an impairment of goodwill.

Distribution Agreements, Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets

The Company’s definite-lived intangible assets primarily consist of distribution rights and customer relationships, which have estimated useful lives of 10 to 40 years and 5 to 12 years, respectively. These assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. In the first quarter of 2017, the Company converted its franchise rights to distribution rights with an estimated useful life of 40 years.

Acquisition Related Contingent Consideration Liability

The acquisition related contingent consideration liability consists of the estimated amounts due to The Coca‑Cola Company under the Company’s comprehensive beverage agreement with The Coca‑Cola Company and CCR (the “CBA”) over the remaining useful life of the related distribution rights. Under the CBA, the Company makes quarterly sub-bottling payments to CCR on a continuing basis for the grant of exclusive rights to distribute, promote, market and sell certain beverages and beverage products in the distribution territories acquired in the System Transformation, excluding territories the Company acquired in an exchange transaction. This acquisition related contingent consideration is valued using a probability weighted discounted cash flow model based on internal forecasts and the weighted average cost of capital (“WACC”) derived from market data, which are considered Level 3 inputs.

Each reporting period, the Company adjusts its acquisition related contingent consideration liability related to the distribution territories acquired in the System Transformation, excluding territories the Company acquired in an exchange transaction, to fair value by discounting future expected sub-bottling payments required under the CBA using the Company’s estimated WACC. These future expected sub-bottling payments extend through the life of the related distribution assets acquired in each distribution territory, which is generally 40 years. As a result, the fair value of the acquisition related contingent consideration liability is impacted by the Company’s WACC, management’s estimate of the amounts that will be paid in the future under the CBA and current sub-bottling payments (all Level 3 inputs). Changes in any of these Level 3 inputs, particularly the underlying risk-free interest rate used to estimate the Company’s WACC, could result in material changes to the fair value of the acquisition related contingent consideration and could materially impact the amount of noncash expense (or income) recorded each reporting period.

Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans

There are two Company-sponsored pension plans. The primary Company-sponsored pension plan (the “Primary Plan”) was frozen as of June 30, 2006 and no benefits accrued to participants after this date. The second Company-sponsored pension plan (the “Bargaining Plan”) is for certain employees under collective bargaining agreements. Benefits under the Bargaining Plan are determined in accordance with negotiated formulas for the respective participants. Contributions to the plans are based on actuarial determined amounts and are limited to the amounts currently deductible for income tax purposes. The Company also sponsors a postretirement healthcare plan for employees meeting specified criteria.

The expense and liability amounts recorded for the benefit plans reflect estimates related to interest rates, investment returns, employee turnover and age at retirement, mortality rates and healthcare costs. The discount rate assumptions used to determine the pension and postretirement benefit obligations are based on yield rates available on double-A bonds as of each plan’s measurement date. The service cost components of the net periodic benefit cost of the plans are charged to current operations, and the non-service cost components of net periodic benefit cost of the plans are classified as other expense, net. In addition, certain other union employees are covered by plans provided by their respective union organizations and the Company expenses amounts as paid in accordance with union agreements.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to operating losses and tax credit carryforwards, as well as differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

A valuation allowance will be provided against deferred tax assets if the Company determines it is more likely than not such assets will not ultimately be realized.

The Company does not recognize a tax benefit unless it concludes that it is more likely than not that the benefit will be sustained on audit by the taxing authority based solely on the technical merits of the associated tax position. If the recognition threshold is met, the Company recognizes a tax benefit measured at the largest amount of the tax benefit that, in the Company’s judgment, is greater than 50 percent likely to be realized. The Company records interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense.

Revenue Recognition

See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for information on the Company’s revenue recognition policy.

Marketing Programs and Sales Incentives

The Company participates in various marketing and sales programs with The Coca‑Cola Company, other beverage companies and customers to increase the sale of its products. In addition, coupon programs are deployed on a territory-specific basis. The cost of these various marketing programs and sales incentives with The Coca‑Cola Company and other beverage companies, included as deductions to net sales. Programs negotiated with customers include arrangements under which allowances can be earned for attaining agreed-upon sales levels and/or for participating in specific marketing programs.

Marketing Funding Support

The Company receives marketing funding support payments in cash from The Coca‑Cola Company and other beverage companies. Payments to the Company for marketing programs to promote bottle/can sales volume and fountain syrup sales volume are recognized as a reduction of cost of sales, primarily on a per unit basis, as the product is sold. Payments for periodic programs are recognized in the period during which they are earned.

Cash consideration received by a customer from a vendor is presumed to be a reduction of the price of the vendor’s products or services. As such, the cash received is accounted for as a reduction of cost of sales unless it is a specific reimbursement of costs or payments for services. Payments the Company receives from The Coca‑Cola Company and other beverage companies for marketing funding support are classified as reductions of cost of sales.

Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company is subject to the risk of increased costs arising from adverse changes in certain commodity prices. In the normal course of business, the Company manages these risks through a variety of strategies, including the use of derivative instruments. The Company does not use derivative instruments for trading or speculative purposes. All derivative instruments are recorded at fair value as either assets or liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. These derivative instruments are not designated as hedging instruments under GAAP and are used as “economic hedges” to manage certain commodity price risk. Derivative instruments held are marked to market on a monthly basis and recognized in earnings consistent with the expense classification of the underlying hedged item. Settlements of derivative agreements are included in cash flows from operating activities on the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows.

The Company uses several different financial institutions for commodity derivative instruments to minimize the concentration of credit risk. The Company generally pays a fee for these instruments, which is amortized over the corresponding period of the instrument. The Company accounts for its commodity hedges on a mark-to-market basis with any expense or income reflected as an adjustment of related costs which are included in either cost of sales or SD&A expenses.

Risk Management Programs

The Company uses various insurance structures to manage its workers’ compensation, auto liability, medical and other insurable risks. These structures consist of retentions, deductibles, limits and a diverse group of insurers that serve to strategically finance, transfer and mitigate the financial impact of losses to the Company. Losses are accrued using assumptions and procedures followed in the insurance industry, adjusted for company-specific history and expectations.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales includes the following: raw material costs, manufacturing labor, manufacturing overhead including depreciation expense, manufacturing warehousing costs, shipping and handling costs related to the movement of finished goods from manufacturing plants to distribution centers and the purchase of finished products. Inputs representing a substantial portion of the Company’s total cost of sales include: (i) sweeteners, (ii) packaging materials, including plastic bottles and aluminum cans, and (iii) finished products purchased from other vendors. The Company’s cost of sales may not be comparable to other peer companies, as some peer companies include all costs related to their distribution network in cost of sales. The Company includes a portion of these costs in SD&A expenses, as described below.

Selling, Delivery and Administrative Expenses

SD&A expenses include the following: sales management labor costs, distribution costs resulting from transporting product from distribution centers to customer locations, distribution center overhead including depreciation expense, distribution center warehousing costs, delivery vehicles and cold drink equipment, point-of-sale expenses, advertising expenses, cold drink equipment repair costs, amortization of intangibles and administrative support labor and operating costs.

Shipping and Handling Costs

Shipping and handling costs related to the movement of finished goods from manufacturing plants to distribution centers are included in cost of sales. Shipping and handling costs related to the movement of finished goods from distribution centers to customer locations, including distribution center costs, are included in SD&A expenses and totaled $610.7 million in 2018, $550.9 million in 2017 and $395.4 million in 2016.

Stock Compensation

In April 2008, the stockholders of the Company approved a performance unit award agreement (the “Performance Unit Award Agreement”) for J. Frank Harrison, III, the Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, consisting of 400,000 performance units (“Units”) subject to vesting in annual increments over a ten-year period starting in fiscal year 2009. The Performance Unit Award Agreement expired at the end of 2018, with the final potential award of up to 40,000 Units to be issued in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 (“2019”) in connection with Mr. Harrison’s services during 2018.

Pursuant to the Performance Unit Award Agreement, each Unit represented the right to receive one share of the Company’s Class B Common Stock, subject to certain terms and conditions. The number of Units that vested each year equaled the product of 40,000 multiplied by the overall goal achievement factor, not to exceed 100%, under the Company’s Annual Bonus Plan. Each annual 40,000 Unit tranche had an independent performance requirement that was not established until the Company’s Annual Bonus Plan targets were approved during the first quarter of each year by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. As a result, each 40,000 Unit tranche was considered to have its own service inception date, grant date and requisite service period.

The Performance Unit Award Agreement did not entitle Mr. Harrison to participate in dividends or voting rights until each installment vested and related shares were issued. Mr. Harrison was permitted to satisfy tax withholding requirements in whole or in part by requiring the Company to settle in cash such number of Units otherwise payable in Class B Common Stock to meet the maximum statutory tax withholding requirements. The Company recognized compensation expense over the requisite service period (one fiscal year) based on the Company’s stock price at the end of each accounting period, unless the achievement of the performance requirement for the fiscal year was considered unlikely.

In 2018, the Compensation Committee and the Company’s stockholders approved a long-term performance equity plan (the “Long-Term Performance Equity Plan”) to succeed the Performance Unit Award Agreement. Awards granted to Mr. Harrison under the Long-Term Performance Equity Plan will be earned based on the Company’s attainment during a performance period of performance measures specified by the Compensation Committee. Mr. Harrison may elect to have awards earned under the Long‑Term Performance Plan settled in cash and/or shares of Class B Common Stock.

See Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on Mr. Harrison’s stock compensation programs.

Net Income Per Share

The Company applies the two-class method for calculating and presenting net income per share. The two-class method is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for each class of common stock according to dividends declared or accumulated and participation rights in undistributed earnings. Under this method:

(a)

Income from continuing operations (“net income”) is reduced by the amount of dividends declared in the current period for each class of stock and by the contractual amount of dividends that must be paid for the current period.

(b)

The remaining earnings (“undistributed earnings”) are allocated to Common Stock and Class B Common Stock to the extent each security may share in earnings as if all the earnings for the period had been distributed. The total earnings allocated to each security is determined by adding together the amount allocated for dividends and the amount allocated for a participation feature.

(c)

The total earnings allocated to each security is then divided by the number of outstanding shares of the security to which the earnings are allocated to determine the earnings per share for the security.

(d)

Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) data are presented for each class of common stock.

In applying the two-class method, the Company determined undistributed earnings should be allocated equally on a per share basis between the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock due to the aggregate participation rights of the Class B Common Stock (i.e., the voting and conversion rights) and the Company’s history of paying dividends equally on a per share basis on the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock.

Under the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the Board of Directors may declare dividends on Common Stock without declaring equal or any dividends on the Class B Common Stock. Notwithstanding this provision, Class B Common Stock has voting and conversion rights that allow the Class B Common Stock to participate equally on a per share basis with the Common Stock.

The Class B Common Stock is entitled to 20 votes per share and the Common Stock is entitled to one vote per share with respect to each matter to be voted upon by the stockholders of the Company. Except as otherwise required by law, the holders of the Class B Common Stock and Common Stock vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to the Company’s stockholders, including the election of the Board of Directors. As a result, the holders of the Class B Common Stock control approximately 86% of the total voting power of the stockholders of the Company and control the election of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has declared, and the Company has paid, dividends on the Class B Common Stock and Common Stock and each class of common stock has participated equally in all dividends declared by the Board of Directors and paid by the Company since 1994.

The Class B Common Stock conversion rights allow the Class B Common Stock to participate in dividends equally with the Common Stock. The Class B Common Stock is convertible into Common Stock on a one-for-one per share basis at any time at the option of the holder. Accordingly, the holders of the Class B Common Stock can participate equally in any dividends declared on the Common Stock by exercising their conversion rights.

Basic EPS excludes potential common shares that were dilutive and is computed by dividing net income available for common stockholders by the weighted average number of Common and Class B Common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS for Common Stock and Class B Common Stock gives effect to all securities representing potential common shares that were dilutive and outstanding during the period. The Company does not have anti-dilutive shares.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” (the “revenue recognition standard”). Subsequent to the issuance of ASU 2014‑09, the FASB issued several additional accounting standards for revenue recognition to update the effective date of the revenue recognition guidance and to provide additional clarification on the updated standard. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted the revenue recognition standard in the first quarter of 2018 and there was no material impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, as discussed in Note 2.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01 “Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which revises the classification and measurement of investments in equity securities and the presentation of certain fair value changes in financial liabilities measured at fair value. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 31, 2017. The Company adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2018 and there was no material impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01 “Clarifying the Definition of a Business,” which clarifies the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The new guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those periods. The Company adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2018 and there was no material impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04 “Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment,” which simplifies how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment by eliminating step 2 from the goodwill impairment test, which measures a goodwill impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount. Under the new guidance, entities should instead perform annual or interim goodwill impairment tests by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount and recognize an impairment charge for the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the respective reporting unit. The new guidance is effective for the annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2018 and there was no material impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017‑07 “Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost,” which requires that the service cost component of the Company’s net periodic pension cost and net periodic postretirement benefit cost be included in the same line item as other compensation costs arising from services rendered by employees, with the non-service cost components of net periodic benefit cost being classified outside of a subtotal of income from operations. Of the components of net periodic benefit cost, only the service cost component is eligible for asset capitalization. The new guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 31, 2017, including interim periods within those annual periods. The Company adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2018 using the practical expedient which allows entities to use information previously disclosed in their pension and other postretirement benefit plans note as the estimation basis to apply the retrospective presentation requirements in ASU 2017-07.

With the adoption of this guidance in the first quarter of 2018, the Company recorded the non-service cost component of net periodic benefit cost, which totaled $2.5 million in 2018, to other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company reclassified $5.4 million from 2017 and $3.3 million from 2016 of non-service cost components of net periodic benefit cost and other benefit plan charges from SD&A expenses to other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The non-service cost component of net periodic benefit cost is included in the Nonalcoholic Beverages segment.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018‑02 “Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income,” which provides the option to reclassify stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. This standard should be applied either in the period of adoption or retrospectively to each period in which the changes in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Act is recognized. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and can be early adopted. The Company plans to adopt the new accounting standard in the period of adoption and will recognize a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings as of December 31, 2018, the first day of fiscal 2019. The Company expects the cumulative effect adjustment will increase retained earnings by approximately $20 million.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 “Leases,” which requires lessees to recognize a right-to-use asset and a lease liability for virtually all leases (other than leases meeting the definition of a short-term lease). The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods beginning the following fiscal year. The Company plans to adopt the new accounting standard on December 31, 2018, using the optional transition method, which was approved by the FASB in March 2018 and allows companies the option to use the effective date as the date of initial application on transition and to not adjust comparative period financial information or make the new required disclosures for periods prior to the effective date.

The Company has formed a project team, which is in the process of reviewing its existing lease portfolio, including certain service contracts for embedded leases, to determine the size of the Company’s lease portfolio in order to evaluate the impact of this new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company anticipates the impact of adopting this new guidance will be material to its consolidated balance sheets. The impact on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations is still being evaluated. As the impact of the new guidance is non-cash in nature, the Company does not anticipate the impact of adopting this new guidance will be material to its consolidated statements of cash flows. Additionally, the Company is evaluating the impacts of ASU 2016‑02 beyond accounting, including system, data and process changes required to comply with this standard. The Company anticipates implementing new controls and utilizing a lease accounting software application with the adoption of this new guidance and on a go-forward basis in order to properly approve, track and account for its entire lease portfolio.

Revenue Recognition

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition

2.	Revenue Recognition

The Company adopted the revenue recognition standard, including all relevant amendments and practical expedients, in the first quarter of 2018 using the modified retrospective approach for all contracts not completed at the date of initial adoption, considering materiality and applicability. Upon adoption of this guidance, there was no material impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Company’s contracts are derived from customer orders, including customer sales incentives, generated through an order processing and replenishment model. The Company has defined its performance obligations for its contracts as either at a point in time or over time.

The Company offers a range of nonalcoholic beverage products and flavors designed to meet the demands of its consumers, including both sparkling and still beverages. Sparkling beverages are carbonated beverages and the Company’s principal sparkling beverage is Coca‑Cola. Still beverages include energy products and noncarbonated beverages such as bottled water, tea, ready to drink coffee, enhanced water, juices and sports drinks.

The Company’s products are sold and distributed through various channels, which include selling directly to retail stores and other outlets such as food markets, institutional accounts and vending machine outlets. All the Company’s beverage sales were to customers in the United States. The Company typically collects payment from customers within 30 days from the date of sale.

The Company’s sales are divided into two main categories: (i) bottle/can sales and (ii) other sales. Bottle/can sales include products packaged primarily in plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Other sales include sales to other Coca‑Cola bottlers, “post‑mix” products, transportation revenue and equipment maintenance revenue. Post-mix products are dispensed through equipment that mixes fountain syrups with carbonated or still water, enabling fountain retailers to sell finished products to consumers in cups or glasses. Net sales by category were as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Bottle/can sales:
Sparkling beverages (carbonated)	$	2,395,213	$	2,265,688	$	1,750,036
Still beverages (noncarbonated, including energy products)		1,471,491		1,315,236		884,306
Total bottle/can sales		3,866,704		3,580,924		2,634,342

Other sales:
Sales to other Coca-Cola bottlers		387,716		383,065		238,182
Post-mix and other		370,944		323,599		257,621
Total other sales		758,660		706,664		495,803

Total net sales	$	4,625,364	$	4,287,588	$	3,130,145

Bottle/can sales represented approximately 84% of total net sales for each of 2018, 2017 and 2016. The sparkling beverage category represented approximately 62%, 63% and 66% of total bottle/can sales during 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Bottle/can sales, sales to other Coca‑Cola bottlers and post-mix sales are recognized when control transfers to a customer, which is generally upon delivery and is considered a single point in time (“point in time”). Point in time sales accounted for approximately 97%, 97% and 96% of the Company’s net sales in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is recognized at a point in time and is included in the Nonalcoholic Beverages segment.

Other sales, which include revenue for service fees related to the repair of cold drink equipment and delivery fees for freight hauling and brokerage services, are recognized over time (“over time”). Revenues related to cold drink equipment repair are recognized as the respective services are completed using a cost-to-cost input method. Repair services are generally completed in less than one day but can extend up to one month. Revenues related to freight hauling and brokerage services are recognized as the delivery occurs using a miles driven output method. Generally, delivery occurs and freight charges are recognized in the same day. Over time sales orders open at the end of a financial period are not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Company participates in various sales programs with The Coca‑Cola Company, other beverage companies and customers to increase the sale of its products. Programs negotiated with customers include arrangements under which allowances can be earned for attaining agreed-upon sales levels. The cost of these various sales incentives are not considered a separate performance obligation and are included as deductions to net sales.

Payments made to customers can be conditional on the achievement of volume targets and/or marketing commitments. Payments made in advance are recorded as prepayments and amortized in the consolidated statements of operations over the relevant period to which the customer commitment is made. In the event there is no separate identifiable benefit or the fair value of such benefit cannot be established, the amortization of the prepayment is included as a reduction to net sales.

The Company historically presented consideration paid to customers under certain contractual arrangements for exclusive distribution rights and sponsorship privileges as a marketing expense within SD&A expenses. The Company has now determined such amounts should be presented as a reduction to net sales and has revised the presentation of previously issued financial statements to correct for this error. Management believes the effect on previously reported financial statements is not material. In addition, management believes the revised presentation provides consistency with other companies that operate in the beverage industry. Net sales and SD&A expenses were revised by $36.1 million in 2017 and $26.3 million in 2016. The revision had no impact to net income (loss) or net income (loss) per share.

Revenues do not include sales or other taxes collected from customers.

The majority of the Company’s contracts include multiple performance obligations related to the delivery of specifically identifiable products, which generally have a duration of less than one year. For sales contracts with multiple performance obligations, the Company allocates the contract’s transaction price to each performance obligation using stated contractual price, which represents the standalone selling price of each distinct good sold under the contract. Generally, the Company’s service contracts have a single performance obligation.

The following table represents a disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Point in time net sales:
Nonalcoholic Beverages - point in time	$	4,467,945	$	4,169,910	$	3,008,643
Total point in time net sales		4,467,945		4,169,910		3,008,643

Over time net sales:
Nonalcoholic Beverages - over time		44,373		37,017		26,011
All Other - over time		113,046		80,661		95,491
Total over time net sales		157,419		117,678		121,502

Total net sales	$	4,625,364	$	4,287,588	$	3,130,145

The nature of the Company’s contracts gives rise to several types of variable consideration, including prospective and retrospective rebates. The Company accounts for its prospective and retrospective rebates using the expected value method, which estimates the net price to the customer based on the customer’s expected annual sales volume projections.

The Company experiences customer returns primarily as a result of damaged or out-of-date product. At any given time, the Company estimates less than 1% of bottle/can sales and post-mix sales could be at risk for return by customers. The Company’s reserve for customer returns was $2.3 million as of December 30, 2018 and was included in the allowance for doubtful accounts in the consolidated balance sheet. Returned product is recognized as a reduction of net sales.

Piedmont Coca-Cola Bottling Partnership

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]

Piedmont Coca-Cola Bottling Partnership

3.	Piedmont Coca-Cola Bottling Partnership

The Company and The Coca‑Cola Company formed Piedmont in 1993 to distribute and market nonalcoholic beverages primarily in portions of North Carolina and South Carolina. The Company provides a portion of the nonalcoholic beverage products that Piedmont distributes and markets to Piedmont at cost and receives a fee for managing Piedmont’s operations pursuant to a management agreement. All transactions with Piedmont, including the financing arrangements described below, are intercompany transactions and are eliminated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Noncontrolling interest represents the portion of Piedmont owned by The Coca‑Cola Company, which was 22.7% in all periods reported. Noncontrolling interest income of $4.8 million in 2018, $6.3 million in 2017 and $6.5 million in 2016 is included in net income on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. In addition, the amount of consolidated net income attributable to both the Company and noncontrolling interest are shown on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Noncontrolling interest is included in the equity section of the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and totaled $97.0 million on December 30, 2018 and $92.2 million on December 31, 2017.

The Company has agreed to provide financing to Piedmont up to $100.0 million under an agreement that expires on December 31, 2019 with automatic one-year renewal periods unless either the Company or Piedmont provides 10 days’ prior written notice of cancellation to the other party before any such one-year renewal period begins. Piedmont pays the Company interest on its borrowings at the Company’s average monthly cost of borrowing, taking into account all indebtedness of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and as determined as of the last business day of each calendar month, plus 0.5%. There were no amounts outstanding under this agreement at December 30, 2018.

Piedmont has agreed to provide financing to the Company up to $200.0 million under an agreement that expires December 31, 2022 with automatic one-year renewal periods unless a demand for payment of any amount borrowed by the Company is made by Piedmont prior to any such termination date. Borrowings under the revolving loan agreement bear interest on a monthly basis at a rate that is the average rate for the month on A1/P1-rated commercial paper with a 30-day maturity, which was 2.42% at December 30, 2018. As of December 30, 2018, there was a balance outstanding under this agreement of $104.4 million, which has been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

Acquisitions and Divestitures

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions and Divestitures

4.	Acquisitions and Divestitures

As part of The Coca‑Cola Company’s plans to refranchise its North American bottling territories, the Company and Piedmont completed a series of transactions from April 2013 to October 2017 with The Coca‑Cola Company, CCR and United to significantly expand the Company’s distribution and manufacturing operations (the “System Transformation”). The System Transformation included the acquisition and exchange of rights to serve distribution territories and related distribution assets, as well as the acquisition and exchange of regional manufacturing facilities and related manufacturing assets.

A summary of the System Transformation transactions (the “System Transformation Transactions”) completed by the Company is included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10‑K for 2017. Following is a summary of the System Transformation Transactions for which final post-closing adjustments were completed during 2018 in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for such transactions.

The cash purchase prices or settlement amounts for all System Transformation Transactions have been resolved according to the terms of the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for such transactions. The post-closing adjustments made during 2018 resulted in a $10.2 million net adjustment to the gain on exchange transactions in the consolidated statements of operations.

Acquisition of Akron, Elyria, Toledo, Willoughby and Youngstown, Ohio Distribution Territories and Twinsburg, Ohio Regional Manufacturing Facility (“April 2017 Transactions”)

On April 28, 2017, the Company acquired (i) distribution rights and related assets in territories previously served by CCR through CCR’s facilities and equipment located in Akron, Elyria, Toledo, Willoughby and Youngstown, Ohio pursuant to a distribution asset purchase agreement entered into by the Company and CCR on April 13, 2017 and (ii) a regional manufacturing facility located in Twinsburg, Ohio and related manufacturing assets pursuant to a manufacturing asset purchase agreement entered into by the Company and CCR on April 13, 2017. At closing, the Company paid CCR $87.9 million toward the purchase price for the April 2017 Transactions. During the fourth quarter of 2017, the cash purchase price for the April 2017 Transactions decreased by $4.7 million as a result of net working capital and other fair value adjustments, which was included in accounts receivable from The Coca‑Cola Company in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 and paid to the Company during the second quarter of 2018. The final cash purchase price for the April 2017 Transactions was $83.2 million.

Acquisition of Arkansas Distribution Territories and Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas Regional Manufacturing Facilities in exchange for the Company’s Deep South and Somerset Distribution Territories and Mobile, Alabama Manufacturing Facility (the “CCR Exchange Transaction”)

On October 2, 2017, the Company (i) acquired from CCR distribution rights and related assets in territories previously served by CCR through CCR’s facilities and equipment located in central and southern Arkansas and two regional manufacturing facilities located in Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas and related manufacturing assets (collectively, the “CCR Exchange Business”) in exchange for which the Company (ii) transferred to CCR distribution rights and related assets in territories previously served by the Company through its facilities and equipment located in portions of southern Alabama, southeastern Mississippi, southwestern Georgia and northwestern Florida and in and around Somerset, Kentucky and a regional manufacturing facility located in Mobile, Alabama and related manufacturing assets (collectively, the “Deep South and Somerset Exchange Business”), pursuant to an asset exchange agreement entered into by the Company, certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries and CCR on September 29, 2017.

At closing, the Company paid CCR $15.9 million toward the settlement amount for the CCR Exchange Transaction, representing an estimate of the difference between the value of the CCR Exchange Business acquired by the Company and the value of the Deep South and Somerset Exchange Business acquired by CCR. During the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company recorded certain adjustments to this settlement amount as a result of changes in estimated net working capital and other fair value adjustments. The settlement amount was included in accounts payable to The Coca‑Cola Company in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017.

During the third quarter of 2018, all post-closing adjustments were finalized for the CCR Exchange Transaction, resulting in a final settlement amount of $26.2 million. A net balance of $10.3 million related to the settlement amount for the CCR Exchange Transaction was paid by the Company to CCR during the fourth quarter of 2018.

Acquisition of Memphis, Tennessee Distribution Territories (the “Memphis Transaction”)

On October 2, 2017, the Company acquired distribution rights and related assets in territories previously served by CCR through CCR’s facilities and equipment located in and around Memphis, Tennessee, including portions of northwestern Mississippi and eastern Arkansas (the “Memphis Territory”), pursuant to an asset purchase agreement entered by the Company and CCR on September 29, 2017. At closing, the Company paid CCR $39.6 million toward the purchase price for the Memphis Transaction. During the second and third quarters of 2018, all post-closing adjustments were finalized for the Memphis Transaction, resulting in a net increase of $2.6 million in the cash purchase price, which was paid by the Company to CCR during the third quarter of 2018. The final cash purchase price for the Memphis Transaction was $42.2 million.

Acquisition of Spartanburg and Bluffton, South Carolina Distribution Territories in exchange for the Company’s Florence and Laurel Territories and Piedmont’s Northeastern Georgia Territories (the “United Exchange Transaction”)

On October 2, 2017, the Company and Piedmont completed exchange transactions in which (i) the Company acquired from United distribution rights and related assets in territories previously served by United through United’s facilities and equipment located in and around Spartanburg, South Carolina and a portion of United’s territory located in and around Bluffton, South Carolina (collectively, the “United Distribution Business”) and Piedmont acquired from United similar rights, assets and liabilities, and working capital in the remainder of United’s Bluffton, South Carolina territory, in exchange for which (ii) the Company transferred to United distribution rights and related assets in territories previously served by the Company through its facilities and equipment located in parts of northwestern Alabama, south-central Tennessee and southeastern Mississippi previously served by the Company’s distribution centers located in Florence, Alabama and Laurel, Mississippi (collectively, the “Florence and Laurel Distribution Business”) and Piedmont transferred to United similar rights, assets and liabilities, and working capital of Piedmont’s in territory located in parts of northeastern Georgia (the “Northeastern Georgia Distribution Business”), pursuant to an asset exchange agreement between the Company, certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries and United dated September 29, 2017 and an asset exchange agreement between Piedmont and United dated September 29, 2017.

At closing, the Company and Piedmont paid United $3.4 million toward the settlement amount for the United Exchange Transaction, representing an estimate of (i) the difference between the value of the United Distribution Business acquired by the Company and the value of the Florence and Laurel Distribution Business acquired by United, plus (ii) the difference between the value of the portion of the Bluffton, South Carolina territory acquired by Piedmont and the value of the Northeastern Georgia Distribution Business acquired by United. During the third quarter of 2018, all post-closing adjustments were finalized for the United Exchange Transaction, resulting in an increase of $2.8 million in the settlement amount, which was paid by the Company to CCR during the fourth quarter of 2018. The final settlement amount for the United Exchange Transaction was $6.2 million.

Collectively, the CCR Exchange Transaction, the Memphis Transaction and the United Exchange Transaction are the “October 2017 Transactions,” the CCR Exchange Business, the Memphis Territory and the United Distribution Business are the “October 2017 Acquisitions” and the Deep South and Somerset Exchange Business and the Florence and Laurel Distribution Business are the “October 2017 Divestitures.”

In addition to the System Transformation Transactions summarized above, the Company completed two additional System Transformation Transactions with CCR in 2017 including (i) the acquisition from CCR of distribution rights and related assets for territories in Anderson, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, South Bend and Terre Haute, Indiana on January 27, 2017 (the “January 2017 Transaction”), and (ii) the acquisition from CCR of distribution rights and related assets for territories in Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana and Columbus and Mansfield, Ohio and regional manufacturing facilities and related assets located in Indianapolis and Portland, Indiana on March 31, 2017 (the “March 2017 Transactions”). Final post-closing adjustments for the January 2017 Transaction and the March 2017 Transactions were completed during 2017.

Collectively, the January 2017 Transaction, the March 2017 Transactions, the April 2017 Transactions, the CCR Exchange Transaction, the Memphis Transaction and the United Exchange Transaction are the “2017 System Transformation Transactions.”

The fair value of acquired assets and assumed liabilities in the 2017 System Transformation Transactions as of the acquisition dates is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)	January 2017 Transaction		March 2017 Transactions		April 2017 Transactions		October 2017 Acquisitions		Total 2017 System Transformation Transactions Acquisitions
Cash	$	107	$	211	$	103	$	191	$	612
Inventories		5,953		20,952		14,554		14,850		56,309
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,155		5,117		4,068		4,573		14,913
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company		1,042		1,807		2,552		1,447		6,848
Property, plant and equipment		25,708		81,638		52,263		71,589		231,198
Other assets (including deferred taxes)		1,158		3,227		3,960		1,300		9,645
Goodwill		1,544		2,527		16,941		11,442		32,454
Distribution agreements		22,000		46,750		19,500		129,450		217,700
Customer lists		1,500		1,750		1,000		4,950		9,200
Total acquired assets	$	60,167	$	163,979	$	114,941	$	239,792	$	578,879

Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)	$	1,350	$	2,958	$	1,475	$	1,501	$	7,284
Other current liabilities		324		3,760		2,860		8,311		15,255
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)		26,377		49,739		25,616		20,676		122,408
Other liabilities		43		2,953		1,792		102		4,890
Total assumed liabilities	$	28,094	$	59,410	$	31,743	$	30,590	$	149,837

The fair value of acquired assets and assumed liabilities in the October 2017 Acquisitions as of the acquisition date is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)	CCR Exchange Business		Memphis Territory		United Exchange Business		October 2017 Acquisitions
Cash	$	91	$	100	-		$	191
Inventories		10,667		3,354		829		14,850
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		3,172		1,087		314		4,573
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company		674		563		210		1,447
Property, plant and equipment		47,484		21,321		2,784		71,589
Other assets (including deferred taxes)		753		547	-			1,300
Goodwill		3,546		5,199		2,697		11,442
Distribution agreements		80,100		35,400		13,950		129,450
Customer lists		3,200		1,200		550		4,950
Total acquired assets	$	149,687	$	68,771	$	21,334	$	239,792

Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)	$	-	$	1,501	$	-	$	1,501
Other current liabilities		3,497		4,323		491		8,311
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)	-			20,676		-		20,676
Other liabilities		15		87		-		102
Total assumed liabilities	$	3,512	$	26,587	$	491	$	30,590

The goodwill for the 2017 System Transformation Transactions is included in the Nonalcoholic Beverages segment and is primarily attributed to operational synergies and the workforce acquired. Goodwill of $11.4 million, $3.5 million, $8.6 million and $2.7 million is expected to be deductible for tax purposes for the distribution territories and regional manufacturing facilities acquired in the April 2017 Transactions, the CCR Exchange Business, the Memphis Territory and the United Distribution Business, respectively. No goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes for the January 2017 Transaction or the March 2017 Transactions.

Identifiable intangible assets acquired by the Company in the 2017 System Transformation Transactions consist of distribution agreements and customer lists, which have an estimated useful life of 40 years and 12 years, respectively.

The carrying value of divested assets and liabilities in the October 2017 Divestitures is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)	October 2017 Divestitures
Cash	$	303
Inventories		13,717
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,199
Property, plant and equipment		44,380
Other assets (including deferred taxes)		604
Goodwill		13,073
Distribution agreements		65,043
Total divested assets	$	138,319

Other current liabilities	$	5,683
Pension and postretirement benefit obligations		16,855
Total divested liabilities	$	22,538

The October 2017 Divestitures were recorded in the Company’s Nonalcoholic Beverages segment prior to divestiture.

Legacy Facilities Credit

In December 2017, The Coca‑Cola Company agreed to provide the Company a fee, which, after final adjustments made during the third quarter of 2018, totaled $44.3 million (the “Legacy Facilities Credit”). The Legacy Facilities Credit compensated the Company for the net economic impact of changes made by The Coca‑Cola Company to the authorized pricing on sales of covered beverages produced at the regional manufacturing facilities owned by Company prior to the System Transformation and sold to The Coca‑Cola Company and certain U.S. Coca‑Cola bottlers pursuant to new pricing mechanisms included in the regional manufacturing agreement entered into by the Company and The Coca‑Cola Company on March 31, 2017 (as amended, the “RMA”).

The Company immediately recognized $12.4 million of the Legacy Facilities Credit during 2017, representing the portion of the Legacy Facilities Credit applicable to a regional manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama which the Company transferred to CCR as part of the CCR Exchange Transaction. The remaining balance of the Legacy Facilities Credit will be amortized as a reduction to cost of sales over a period of 40 years.

Gain on Exchange Transactions

Upon closing the CCR Exchange Transaction and the United Exchange Transaction, the fair value of net assets acquired exceeded the carrying value of net assets exchanged, which resulted in a gain of $0.5 million recorded to gain (loss) on exchange transactions in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations in 2017.

The $0.5 million gain on the CCR Exchange Transaction and the United Exchange Transaction, combined with the $12.4 million portion of the Legacy Facilities Credit related to the Mobile, Alabama regional manufacturing facility, resulted in a total gain on exchange transactions of $12.9 million in 2017.

The post-closing adjustments made during 2018 resulted in a $10.2 million net adjustment to the gain on exchange transactions in the consolidated statements of operations.

System Transformation Transactions Completed in Prior Years

During 2016, the Company acquired from CCR distribution rights and related assets for the following distribution territories: Easton, Salisbury, Capitol Heights, La Plata, Baltimore, Hagerstown and Cumberland, Maryland; Richmond, Yorktown and Alexandria, Virginia; Cincinnati, Dayton, Lima and Portsmouth, Ohio; and Louisa, Kentucky. The Company also acquired regional manufacturing facilities and related manufacturing assets in Sandston, Virginia; Silver Spring and Baltimore, Maryland; and Cincinnati, Ohio during 2016.

During 2015, the Company acquired from CCR distribution rights and related assets for the following distribution territories: Cleveland and Cookeville, Tennessee; Louisville, Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana; Paducah and Pikeville, Kentucky; Norfolk, Fredericksburg and Staunton, Virginia; and Elizabeth City, North Carolina and acquired a make-ready center in Annapolis, Maryland. In 2015, the Company also acquired from CCR distribution rights and related assets for distribution territory in Lexington, Kentucky in exchange for distribution territory previously served by the Company in Jackson, Tennessee.

During 2014, the Company acquired from CCR distribution rights and related assets for the following distribution territories: Johnson City, Knoxville and Morristown, Tennessee.

System Transformation Transactions Financial Results

The financial results of the 2017 System Transformation Transactions and the 2016 System Transformation Transactions have been included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from their respective acquisition or exchange dates. Net sales and income from operations for certain territories and regional manufacturing facilities acquired and divested by the Company during 2017 are impracticable to separately calculate, as the operations were absorbed into territories and facilities owned by the Company prior to the System Transformation, and therefore have been omitted from the results below. Omission of net sales and income from operations for such territories and facilities is not material to the results presented below. The remaining 2017 System Transformation Transactions contributed the following amounts to the Company’s consolidated statements of operations:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017
Impact to net sales - total 2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions	$	1,191,468	$	740,259
Impact to net sales - October 2017 Divestitures		-		231,301
Total impact to net sales	$	1,191,468	$	971,560

Impact to income from operations - total 2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions	$	25,460	$	10,754
Impact to income from operations - October 2017 Divestitures		-		22,973
Total impact to income from operations	$	25,460	$	33,727

The Company incurred transaction related expenses for the System Transformation Transactions of $6.8 million in 2017. These expenses were included within SD&A expenses on the consolidated statements of operations.

System Transformation Transactions Pro Forma Financial Information

The purpose of the pro forma disclosure is to present the net sales and the income from operations of the combined entity as though the 2017 System Transformation Transactions had occurred as of the beginning of 2017. The pro forma combined net sales and income from operations do not necessarily reflect what the combined Company’s net sales and income from operations would have been had the acquisitions occurred at the beginning of 2017. The pro forma financial information also may not be useful in predicting the future financial results of the combined company. The actual results may differ significantly from the pro forma amounts reflected herein due to a variety of factors.

The following table represents the Company’s unaudited pro forma net sales and unaudited pro forma income from operations for the 2017 System Transformation Transactions.

	2017
(in thousands)	Net Sales		Income from Operations
Balance as reported	$	4,287,588	$	101,547
Pro forma adjustments (unaudited)		231,183		4,262
Balance including pro forma adjustments (unaudited)	$	4,518,771	$	105,809

The net sales pro forma and the income from operations pro forma reflect adjustments for (i) the inclusion of historic results of operations for the distribution territories and the regional manufacturing facilities acquired in the 2017 System Transformation Transactions for the period prior to the Company’s acquisition of the applicable territories or facility and (ii) the elimination of historic results of operations for the October 2017 Divestitures.

Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

5.	Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Finished products	$	135,561	$	116,354
Manufacturing materials		39,840		33,073
Plastic shells, plastic pallets and other inventories		34,632		34,191
Total inventories	$	210,033	$	183,618

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Prepaid Expense And Other Assets [Abstract]

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

6.Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Repair parts	$	26,846	$	30,530
Prepayments for sponsorship contracts		7,557		6,358
Current portion of income taxes		6,637		35,930
Prepaid software		6,553		5,855
Commodity hedges at fair market value		-		4,420
Other prepaid expenses and other current assets		23,087		17,553
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	70,680	$	100,646

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

7.	Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

The principal categories and estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment, net were as follows:

					Estimated
(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017		Useful Lives
Land	$	78,242	$	78,825
Buildings		218,846		211,308	8-50 years
Machinery and equipment		328,034		315,117	5-20 years
Transportation equipment		372,895		351,479	4-20 years
Furniture and fixtures		89,439		89,559	3-10 years
Cold drink dispensing equipment		491,161		488,208	5-17 years
Leasehold and land improvements		132,837		125,348	5-20 years
Software for internal use		122,604		113,490	3-10 years
Construction in progress		15,142		25,490
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost		1,849,200		1,798,824
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization		858,668		767,436
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	990,532	$	1,031,388

During 2018, 2017 and 2016, the Company performed periodic reviews of property, plant and equipment and determined no material impairment existed.

Leased Property Under Capital Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Leases [Abstract]

Leased Property Under Capital Leases

8.	Leased Property Under Capital Leases

Leased property under capital leases consisted of real estate with an estimated useful life of 10 to 20 years and were as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Leased property under capital leases	$	95,690	$	95,870
Less: Accumulated depreciation		71,970		66,033
Leased property under capital leases, net	$	23,720	$	29,837

As of December 30, 2018, $10.8 million of the leased property under capital leases was from related party transactions as discussed in Note 22 to the consolidated financial statements.

Goodwill

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill

A reconciliation of the activity for goodwill in 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Beginning balance - goodwill	$	169,316		$	144,586
2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions⁽¹⁾		-			35,867
October 2017 Divestitures		-			(13,073	)
Measurement period adjustments⁽²⁾		(3,413	)		1,936
Ending balance - goodwill	$	165,903		$	169,316

⁽¹⁾

2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions includes an increase in goodwill of $7.4 million in 2017 from the opening balance sheets for the distribution territories and regional manufacturing facilities acquired in the System Transformation during 2017, as disclosed in the financial statements in the Company’s filed periodic reports. These adjustments are for post-closing adjustments made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for each System Transformation Transaction.

⁽²⁾	Measurement period adjustments relate to post-closing adjustments made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for each System Transformation Transaction.

The Company’s goodwill resides entirely within the Nonalcoholic Beverages segment. The Company performed its annual impairment test of goodwill as of the first day of the fourth quarter of 2018, 2017 and 2016 and determined there was no impairment of the carrying value of these assets.

Distribution Agreements, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Distribution Agreements [Member]

Other Identifiable Intangible Assets Net

10.	Distribution Agreements, Net

Distribution agreements, net, which are amortized on a straight-line basis and have an estimated useful life of 10 to 40 years, consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Distribution agreements at cost	$	950,559	$	939,527
Less: Accumulated amortization		50,176		26,175
Distribution agreements, net	$	900,383	$	913,352

A reconciliation of the activity for distribution agreements, net in 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Beginning balance - distribution agreements, net	$	913,352		$	234,988
Conversion to distribution rights from franchise rights		-			533,040
2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions⁽¹⁾		-			213,000
October 2017 Divestitures		-			(65,043	)
Measurement period adjustment⁽²⁾		4,700			16,000
Other distribution agreements		6,332			44
Additional accumulated amortization		(24,001	)		(18,677	)
Ending balance - distribution agreements, net	$	900,383		$	913,352

⁽¹⁾

2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions includes an increase of $51.5 million in 2017 from the opening balance sheets for distribution territories and regional manufacturing facilities acquired in the System Transformation during 2017, as disclosed in the financial statements in the Company’s filed periodic reports. These adjustments are for post-closing adjustments made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for each System Transformation Transaction. The adjustments to amortization expense associated with these measurement period adjustments were not material to the consolidated financial statements.

⁽²⁾

Measurement period adjustment relates to post-closing adjustments made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for each System Transformation Transaction. The adjustments to amortization expense associated with this measurement period adjustment were not material to the consolidated financial statements.

Concurrent with its entrance into the CBA in the first quarter of 2017, the Company converted its franchise rights for the territories it served prior to the System Transformation to distribution rights with an estimated useful life of 40 years.

Assuming no impairment of distribution agreements, net, amortization expense in future years based upon recorded amounts as of December 30, 2018 will be $24.3 million for each fiscal year 2019 through 2023.

Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets [Member]

Other Identifiable Intangible Assets Net

11.	Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets, Net

Customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets, net, which are amortized on a straight-line basis and have an estimated useful life of 5 to 12 years, consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets at cost	$	25,288	$	25,288
Less: Accumulated amortization		8,806		6,968
Customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets, net	$	16,482	$	18,320

A reconciliation of the activity for customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets, net in 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Beginning balance - customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets, net	$	18,320		$	10,427
2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions⁽¹⁾		-			9,200
Measurement period adjustment⁽²⁾		-			150
Additional accumulated amortization		(1,838	)		(1,457	)
Ending balance - customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets, net	$	16,482		$	18,320

⁽¹⁾

2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions includes an increase of $0.5 million in 2017 from the opening balance sheets for the distribution territories and regional manufacturing facilities acquired in the System Transformation during 2017, as disclosed in the financial statements in the Company’s filed periodic reports. These adjustments are for post-closing adjustments made in accordance with the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for each System Transformation Transaction. The adjustments to amortization expense associated with these measurement period adjustments were not material to the consolidated financial statements.

⁽²⁾

Assuming no impairment of customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets, net, amortization expense in future years based upon recorded amounts as of December 30, 2018 will be approximately $1.8 million for each fiscal year 2019 through 2023.

Other Accrued Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Payables And Accruals [Abstract]

Other Accrued Liabilities

12.	Other Accrued Liabilities

Other accrued liabilities consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Checks and transfers yet to be presented for payment from zero balance cash accounts	$	72,701	$	37,262
Accrued insurance costs		37,916		35,433
Current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration		32,993		23,339
Accrued marketing costs		31,475		33,376
Employee and retiree benefit plan accruals		29,300		27,024
Commodity hedges at fair market value		10,305		-
Accrued taxes (other than income taxes)		4,577		6,391
Current deferred proceeds from Territory Conversion Fee⁽¹⁾		2,286		2,286
All other accrued expenses		28,693		20,419
Total other accrued liabilities	$	250,246	$	185,530

⁽¹⁾

Pursuant to a territory conversion agreement entered into by the Company, The Coca‑Cola Company and CCR in September 2015 (as amended), upon the conversion of the Company’s then-existing bottling agreements to the CBA on March 31, 2017, the Company received a fee from CCR, which, after final adjustments made during the second quarter of 2017, totaled $91.5 million (the “Territory Conversion Fee”). The Territory Conversion Fee was recorded as a deferred liability and will be amortized as a reduction to cost of sales over a period of 40 years. The portion of the deferred liability that is expected to be amortized in the next twelve months was classified as current.

Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

13.

Debt

Following is a summary of the Company’s debt:

(in thousands)	Maturity Date	Interest Rate	Interest Paid	Public / Non-public	December 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Senior Notes⁽¹⁾	4/15/2019	7.00%	Semi-annually	Public	$	110,000		$	110,000
Term Loan Facility⁽¹⁾	6/7/2021	Variable	Varies	Non-public		292,500			300,000
Senior Notes	2/27/2023	3.28%	Semi-annually	Non-public		125,000			125,000
Revolving Credit Facility	6/8/2023	Variable	Varies	Non-public		80,000			207,000
Senior Notes	11/25/2025	3.80%	Semi-annually	Public		350,000			350,000
Senior Notes	3/21/2030	3.96%	Quarterly	Non-public		150,000			-
Unamortized discount on Senior Notes⁽²⁾	4/15/2019					(78	)		(332	)
Unamortized discount on Senior Notes⁽²⁾	11/25/2025					(61	)		(70	)
Debt issuance costs						(2,958	)		(3,580	)
Total debt						1,104,403			1,088,018
Less: Current portion of debt						-			-
Long-term debt					$	1,104,403		$	1,088,018

⁽¹⁾

Pursuant to the Company’s Term Loan Facility (as defined below) and the indenture under which the senior notes due in 2019 were issued, principal payments will be due in the next twelve months. The Company intends to refinance these amounts and has the capacity to do so under its Revolving Credit Facility (as defined below), which is classified as long-term debt. As such, any amounts due in the next twelve months were classified as non-current.

⁽²⁾	The senior notes due in 2019 were issued at 98.238% of par and the senior notes due in 2025 were issued at 99.975% of par.

The principal maturities of debt outstanding on December 30, 2018 were as follows:

(in thousands)	Debt Maturities
Fiscal 2019	$	140,000
Fiscal 2020		45,000
Fiscal 2021		217,500
Fiscal 2022		-
Fiscal 2023		205,000
Thereafter		500,000
Total debt	$	1,107,500

The Company had capital lease obligations of $35.2 million on December 30, 2018 and $43.5 million on December 31, 2017. The Company mitigates its financing risk by using multiple financial institutions and only entering into credit arrangements with institutions with investment grade credit ratings. The Company monitors counterparty credit ratings on an ongoing basis.

On June 8, 2018, the Company entered into a second amended and restated credit agreement for a five-year unsecured revolving credit facility (as amended, the “Revolving Credit Facility”), which amended and restated its prior credit agreement dated October 16, 2014. The Revolving Credit Facility has an aggregate maximum borrowing capacity of $500 million, which may be increased at the Company’s option to $750 million, subject to obtaining commitments from the lenders and satisfying other conditions specified in the credit agreement. Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at a floating base rate or a floating Eurodollar rate plus an applicable margin, at the Company’s option, dependent on the Company’s credit ratings at the time of borrowing. At the Company’s current credit ratings, the Company must pay an annual facility fee of 0.15% of the lenders’ aggregate commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility has a scheduled maturity date of June 8, 2023.

On March 21, 2018, the Company sold $150 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2030 to NYL Investors LLC (“NYL”) and certain of its affiliates pursuant to the Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement dated March 6, 2018 between the Company, NYL and the other parties thereto (as amended, the “NYL Shelf Facility”). These notes bear interest at 3.96%, payable quarterly in arrears on March 21, June 21, September 21 and December 21 of each year, and will mature on March 21, 2030, unless earlier redeemed by the Company.

In February 2017, the Company sold $125 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2023 to PGIM, Inc. (“Prudential”) and certain of its affiliates pursuant to the Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement dated June 10, 2016 between the Company, Prudential and the other parties thereto (as amended, the “Prudential Shelf Facility”). These notes bear interest at 3.28%, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 27 and August 27 of each year, and will mature on February 27, 2023 unless earlier redeemed by the Company. The Company may request that Prudential consider the purchase of additional senior unsecured notes of the Company under the Prudential Shelf Facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $175 million.

In June 2016, the Company entered into a five-year term loan agreement for a senior unsecured term loan facility (as amended, the “Term Loan Facility”) in the aggregate principal amount of $300 million, maturing June 7, 2021. The Company may request additional term loans under the agreement, provided the Company’s aggregate borrowings under the Term Loan Facility do not exceed $500 million. Borrowings under the Term Loan Facility bear interest at a floating base rate or a floating Eurodollar rate plus an applicable margin, at the Company’s option, dependent on the Company’s credit ratings. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company has made principal payments on the Term Loan Facility. As of December 30, 2018, the remaining principal amount was $292.5 million.

During the third quarter of 2018, the Company amended each of the Revolving Credit Facility, the NYL Shelf Facility, the Prudential Shelf Facility and the Term Loan Facility to (i) more closely align the calculation of the two financial covenants and certain events of default under each agreement and (ii) with regard to the Term Loan Facility, to revise the calculation of the rates at which borrowings bear interest to conform with the calculation of such rates under the Revolving Credit Facility.

The Revolving Credit Facility, the NYL Shelf Facility, the Prudential Shelf Facility and the Term Loan Facility include two financial covenants: a consolidated cash flow/fixed charges ratio and a consolidated funded indebtedness/cash flow ratio, each as defined in the respective agreements. The Company was in compliance with these covenants as of December 30, 2018. These covenants do not currently, and the Company does not anticipate they will, restrict its liquidity or capital resources.

The indentures under which the Company’s public debt was issued do not include financial covenants but do limit the incurrence of certain liens and encumbrances as well as indebtedness by the Company’s subsidiaries in excess of certain amounts.

All outstanding long-term debt has been issued by the Company and none has been issued by any of its subsidiaries. There are no guarantees of the Company’s debt.

Derivative Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Financial Instruments

14.	Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company uses several different financial institutions for commodity derivative instruments to minimize the concentration of credit risk. While the Company would be exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by these counterparties, the Company does not anticipate nonperformance by these parties.

The following table summarizes pre-tax changes in the fair value of the Company’s commodity derivative financial instruments and the classification of such changes in the consolidated statements of operations.

		Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	Classification of Gain (Loss)	2018			2017		2016
Commodity hedges	Cost of sales	$	(10,376	)	$	2,815	$	2,896
Commodity hedges	Selling, delivery and administrative expenses		(4,349	)		315		1,832
Total gain (loss)		$	(14,725	)	$	3,130	$	4,728

The following table summarizes the fair values and classification in the consolidated balance sheets of derivative instruments held by the Company:

(in thousands)	Balance Sheet Classification	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Assets:
Commodity hedges at fair market value	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	-	$	4,420
Total assets		$	-	$	4,420

Liabilities:
Commodity hedges at fair market value	Other accrued liabilities	$	10,305	$	-
Total liabilities		$	10,305	$	-

The Company has master agreements with the counterparties to its derivative financial agreements that provide for net settlement of derivative transactions. Accordingly, the net amounts of derivative assets are recognized in either prepaid expenses and other current assets or other assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and the net amounts of derivative liabilities are recognized in other accrued liabilities or other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The following table summarizes the Company’s gross derivative assets and gross derivative liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Gross derivative assets	$	28,305	$	4,481
Gross derivative liabilities		38,610		61

The following table summarizes the Company’s outstanding commodity derivative agreements:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Notional amount of outstanding commodity derivative agreements	$	168,388	$	59,564
Latest maturity date of outstanding commodity derivative agreements	December 2019		December 2018

Fair Values of Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Values of Financial Instruments

15.	Fair Values of Financial Instruments

GAAP requires assets and liabilities carried at fair value to be classified and disclosed in one of the following categories:

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Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

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Level 2: Observable market-based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

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Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.

The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating the fair values of its financial instruments. There were no transfers of assets or liabilities between levels in any period presented.

Financial Instrument	Fair Value Level	Method and Assumptions
Deferred compensation plan assets and liabilities	Level 1	The fair value of the Company’s non-qualified deferred compensation plan for certain executives and other highly compensated employees is based on the fair values of associated assets and liabilities, which are held in mutual funds and are based on the quoted market value of the securities held within the mutual funds.
Commodity hedging agreements	Level 2	The fair values of the Company’s commodity hedging agreements are based on current settlement values at each balance sheet date. The fair values of the commodity hedging agreements at each balance sheet date represent the estimated amounts the Company would have received or paid upon termination of these agreements. The Company’s credit risk related to the derivative financial instruments is managed by requiring high standards for its counterparties and periodic settlements. The Company considers nonperformance risk in determining the fair value of derivative financial instruments.
Non-public variable rate debt	Level 2	The carrying amounts of the Company’s non-public variable rate debt approximate their fair values due to variable interest rates with short reset periods.
Non-public fixed rate debt	Level 2	The fair values of the Company’s non-public fixed rate debt are based on estimated current market prices.
Public debt securities	Level 2	The fair values of the Company’s public debt securities are based on estimated current market prices.
Acquisition related contingent consideration	Level 3	The fair values of acquisition related contingent consideration are based on internal forecasts and the WACC derived from market data.

The following tables summarize, by assets and liabilities, the carrying amounts and fair values by level of the Company’s deferred compensation plan, commodity hedging agreements, debt and acquisition related contingent consideration:

	December 30, 2018
	Carrying		Total		Fair Value		Fair Value		Fair Value
(in thousands)	Amount		Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Deferred compensation plan assets	$	33,160	$	33,160	$	33,160	$	-	$	-
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities		33,160		33,160		33,160		-		-
Commodity hedging agreements		10,305		10,305		-		10,305		-
Non-public variable rate debt		372,074		372,500		-		372,500		-
Non-public fixed rate debt		274,717		261,200		-		261,200		-
Public debt securities		457,612		455,400		-		455,400		-
Acquisition related contingent consideration		382,898		382,898		-		-		382,898

	December 31, 2017
	Carrying		Total		Fair Value		Fair Value		Fair Value
(in thousands)	Amount		Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Deferred compensation plan assets	$	33,166	$	33,166	$	33,166	$	-	$	-
Commodity hedging agreements		4,420		4,420		-		4,420		-
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities		33,166		33,166		33,166		-		-
Non-public variable rate debt		506,398		507,000		-		507,000		-
Non-public fixed rate debt		124,829		126,400		-		126,400		-
Public debt securities		456,791		475,100		-		475,100		-
Acquisition related contingent consideration		381,291		381,291		-		-		381,291

Under the CBA, the Company is required to make quarterly sub-bottling payments to CCR on a continuing basis for the grant of exclusive rights to distribute, promote, market and sell specified covered beverages and beverage products in the distribution territories acquired in the System Transformation, excluding territories the Company acquired in an exchange transaction. This acquisition related contingent consideration is valued using a probability weighted discounted cash flow model based on internal forecasts and the WACC derived from market data, which are considered Level 3 inputs. Each reporting period, the Company adjusts its acquisition related contingent consideration liability related to the distribution territories to fair value by discounting future expected sub-bottling payments required under the CBA using the Company’s estimated WACC.

These future expected sub-bottling payments extend through the life of the related distribution assets acquired in each distribution territory, which is generally 40 years. As a result, the fair value of the acquisition related contingent consideration liability is impacted by the Company’s WACC, management’s estimate of the amounts that will be paid in the future under the CBA, and current sub-bottling payments (all Level 3 inputs). Changes in any of these Level 3 inputs, particularly the underlying risk-free interest rate used to estimate the Company’s WACC, could result in material changes to the fair value of the acquisition related contingent consideration and could materially impact the amount of noncash expense (or income) recorded each reporting period.

The acquisition related contingent consideration is the Company’s only Level 3 asset or liability. A reconciliation of the Level 3 activity is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Opening balance - Level 3 liability	$	381,291		$	253,437
Increase due to System Transformation Transactions acquisitions⁽¹⁾		-			128,880
Measurement period adjustments⁽²⁾		813			14,826
Payment of acquisition related contingent consideration		(24,683	)		(16,738	)
Reclassification to current payables		(3,290	)		(2,340	)
Unfavorable fair value adjustment		28,767			3,226
Ending balance - Level 3 liability	$	382,898		$	381,291

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Increase due to System Transformation Transactions acquisitions includes an increase in the acquisition related contingent consideration of $62.5 million in 2017 from the opening balance sheets for the distribution territories and regional manufacturing facilities acquired in the System Transformation during 2017, as disclosed in the financial statements in the Company’s filed periodic reports. These adjustments are for post-closing adjustments made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for each System Transformation Transaction.

⁽²⁾	Measurement period adjustments relate to post-closing adjustments made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for each System Transformation Transaction.

The fair value adjustments to the acquisition related contingent consideration liability during 2018 were primarily driven by cash payments and changes to the projected future operating results of the distribution territories acquired as part of the System Transformation subject to sub-bottling fees, partially offset by an increase in the risk-free interest rate. The fair value adjustment to the acquisition related contingent consideration liability during 2017 was primarily driven by final settlement of cash purchase prices for previously closed System Transformation Transactions and a decrease in the risk-free interest rate, partially offset by a benefit resulting from the Tax Act.

The amount the Company could pay annually under the acquisition related contingent consideration arrangements for the System Transformation Transactions is expected to be in the range of $25 million to $48 million.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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Other Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Liabilities

16.	Other Liabilities

Other liabilities consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Non-current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration	$	349,905	$	357,952
Accruals for executive benefit plans		126,103		125,791
Non-current deferred proceeds from Territory Conversion Fee		85,163		87,449
Non-current deferred proceeds from Legacy Facilities Credit⁽¹⁾		30,369		29,881
Other		17,595		19,506
Total other liabilities	$	609,135	$	620,579

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In December 2017, The Coca‑Cola Company agreed to provide the Company the Legacy Facilities Credit, which, after final adjustments made during the third quarter of 2018, totaled $44.3 million. The Legacy Facilities Credit compensated the Company for the net economic impact of changes made by The Coca‑Cola Company to the authorized pricing on sales of covered beverages produced at the regional manufacturing facilities owned by Company prior to the System Transformation and sold to The Coca‑Cola Company and certain U.S. Coca‑Cola bottlers pursuant to new pricing mechanisms included in the RMA. The Company immediately recognized the portion of the Legacy Facilities Credit applicable to a regional manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama which the Company transferred to CCR as part of the CCR Exchange Transaction. The remaining balance of the Legacy Facilities Credit will be amortized as a reduction to cost of sales over a period of 40 years.

Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

17.	Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

The Company leases office and warehouse space, machinery and other equipment under noncancelable operating lease agreements which expire at various dates through 2033. These leases generally contain scheduled rent increases or escalation clauses, renewal options, or in some cases, purchase options. The Company also leases certain warehouse space under capital lease agreements which expire at various dates through 2030. These leases contain scheduled rent increases or escalation clauses. Amortization of assets recorded under capital leases is included in depreciation expense.

Rental expense incurred for noncancelable operating leases was $21.6 million in 2018, $18.7 million in 2017 and $13.6 million in 2016. See Note 8 and Note 13 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on leased property under capital leases.

Following is a summary of future minimum lease payments, including renewal options the Company has determined to be reasonably assured, for all noncancelable operating leases and capital leases as of December 30, 2018:

(in thousands)	Capital Leases		Operating Leases		Total
2019	$	10,434	$	14,146	$	24,580
2020		10,613		13,526		24,139
2021		6,218		12,568		18,786
2022		2,697		11,161		13,858
2023		2,753		10,055		12,808
Thereafter		8,106		33,805		41,911
Total minimum lease payments including interest	$	40,821	$	95,261	$	136,082
Less: Amounts representing interest		5,573
Present value of minimum lease principal payments		35,248
Less: Current portion of principal payment obligations under capital leases		8,617
Long-term portion of principal payment obligations under capital leases	$	26,631

Manufacturing Cooperatives

The Company is a shareholder of South Atlantic Canners, Inc. (“SAC”), a manufacturing cooperative in Bishopville, South Carolina. The Company is obligated to purchase 17.5 million cases of finished product from SAC on an annual basis through June 2024. The Company purchased 29.2 million cases, 29.9 million cases and 29.9 million cases of finished product from SAC in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

The Company is also a shareholder of Southeastern Container (“Southeastern”), a plastic bottle manufacturing cooperative from which the Company is obligated to purchase at least 80% of its requirements of plastic bottles for certain designated territories.

The following table summarizes the Company’s purchases from these manufacturing cooperatives:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Purchases from SAC	$	155,583	$	148,511	$	149,878
Purchases from Southeastern		125,352		108,528		80,123
Total purchases from manufacturing cooperatives	$	280,935	$	257,039	$	230,001

The Company guarantees a portion of SAC’s debt, which expires at various dates through 2021. The amounts guaranteed were $23.9 million as of both December 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. In the event SAC fails to fulfill its commitments under the related debt, the Company would be responsible for payments to the lenders up to the level of the guarantee. The Company does not anticipate SAC will fail to fulfill its commitment related to the debt. The Company further believes SAC has sufficient assets, including production equipment, facilities and working capital, and the ability to adjust selling prices of its products to adequately mitigate the risk of material loss from the Company’s guarantee.

The Company holds no assets as collateral against the SAC guarantee, the fair value of which is immaterial to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company monitors its investments in SAC and would be required to write down its investment if an impairment was identified and the Company determined it to be other than temporary. No impairment of the Company’s investments in SAC was identified as of December 30, 2018, and there was no impairment identified in 2017 or 2016.

Other Commitments and Contingencies

The Company has standby letters of credit, primarily related to its property and casualty insurance programs. These letters of credit totaled $35.6 million on both December 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

The Company participates in long-term marketing contractual arrangements with certain prestige properties, athletic venues and other locations. As of December 30, 2018, the future payments related to these contractual arrangements, which expire at various dates through 2033, amounted to $173.9 million.

The Company is involved in various claims and legal proceedings which have arisen in the ordinary course of its business. Although it is difficult to predict the ultimate outcome of these claims and legal proceedings, management believes that the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, cash flows or results of operations of the Company. No material amount of loss in excess of recorded amounts is believed to be reasonably possible as a result of these claims and legal proceedings.

The Company is subject to audits by tax authorities in jurisdictions where it conducts business. These audits may result in assessments that are subsequently resolved with the authorities or potentially through the courts. Management believes the Company has adequately provided for any assessments likely to result from these audits; however, final assessments, if any, could be different than the amounts recorded in the consolidated financial statements.

Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

18.	Income Taxes

The current income tax provision represents the estimated amount of income taxes paid or payable for the year, as well as changes in estimates from prior years. The deferred income tax provision represents the change in deferred tax liabilities and assets. The following table presents the significant components of the provision for income taxes:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2016
Current:
Federal	$	(4,228	)	$	12,978		$	(6,920	)
State		(3,269	)		5,292			27
Total current provision (benefit)	$	(7,497	)	$	18,270		$	(6,893	)

Deferred:
Federal	$	5,701		$	(54,232	)	$	39,644
State		3,665			(3,879	)		3,298
Total deferred provision (benefit)	$	9,366		$	(58,111	)	$	42,942

Income tax expense (benefit)	$	1,869		$	(39,841	)	$	36,049

The Company’s effective income tax rate, as calculated by dividing income tax expense (benefit) by income (loss) before income taxes, was (14.1)% for 2018, (63.2)% for 2017 and 38.9% for 2016. The following table provides a reconciliation of income tax expense (benefit) at the statutory federal rate to actual income tax expense (benefit).

	Fiscal Year
	2018						2017						2016
(in thousands)	Income tax expense			% pre-tax income			Income tax expense			% pre-tax income			Income tax expense			% pre-tax income
Statutory (income) / expense	$	(2,790	)		21.0	%	$	22,052			35.0	%	$	32,449			35.0	%
Nondeductible compensation		2,851			(21.5	)		230			0.4			191			0.2
Meals, entertainment and travel expense		2,734			(20.6	)		3,684			5.8			2,886			3.0
Adjustment for federal tax legislation		(1,989	)		15.0			(69,014	)		(109.5	)		-			-
Valuation allowance change		1,566			(11.8	)		2,718			4.3			(689	)		(0.7	)
Noncontrolling interest – Piedmont		(1,238	)		9.3			(1,692	)		(2.7	)		(2,406	)		(2.6	)
Adjustment for uncertain tax positions		694			(5.2	)		(521	)		(0.8	)		(43	)		-
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		(376	)		2.8			2,029			3.2			3,243			3.5
Other, net		417			(3.1	)		673			1.1			418			0.5
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	1,869		(14.1)%			$	(39,841	)	(63.2)%			$	36,049			38.9	%

The Company’s effective tax rate, as calculated by dividing income tax expense (benefit) by income (loss) before income taxes minus net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, was (10.3)% for 2018, (70.3)% for 2017 and 41.8% for 2016.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Act was signed into law and significantly reformed the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

As of December 31, 2017, the Company completed its estimate for the tax effects of the enactment of the Tax Act, and as a result, the Company revalued and reduced its net deferred tax liability to the newly enacted corporate tax rate of 21%. The Company recognized an estimated benefit of $69.0 million, primarily as a result of revaluing its net deferred tax liability. This benefit was partially offset by a $2.4 million increase to the valuation allowance as a result of the deductibility of certain deferred compensation based on the current interpretation of the Tax Act. The net benefit of $66.6 million was recorded to income tax expense (benefit) in the 2017 consolidated financial statements. During the third quarter of 2018, the Company recorded an additional tax benefit of $1.9 million attributable to the re-measurement of its net deferred tax liability in connection with the filing of its 2017 federal income tax return.

The amounts recorded to gain (loss) on exchange transactions on the consolidated statements of operations did not have a significant impact on the effective income tax rate for any periods presented.

The Company records liabilities for uncertain tax positions related to certain income tax positions. These liabilities reflect the Company’s best estimate of the ultimate income tax liability based on currently known facts and information. Material changes in facts or information, as well as the expiration of statute and/or settlements with individual tax jurisdictions, may result in material adjustments to these estimates in the future.

The Company recognizes potential interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense (benefit). During 2018, 2017 and 2016, the interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions recognized in income tax expense (benefit) were not material. In addition, the amount of interest and penalties accrued at December 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 were not material.

The Company had uncertain tax positions, including accrued interest of $3.1 million on December 30, 2018 and $2.4 million on December 31, 2017, all of which would affect the Company’s effective tax rate if recognized. While it is expected the amount of uncertain tax positions may change in the next 12 months, the Company does not expect such change would have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

A reconciliation of uncertain tax positions, excluding accrued interest, is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017			2016
Gross uncertain tax positions at the beginning of the year	$	2,286	$	2,679		$	2,633
Increase as a result of tax positions taken in the current period		571		966			687
Reduction as a result of the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations		-		(1,359	)		(641	)
Gross uncertain tax positions at the end of the year	$	2,857	$	2,286		$	2,679

Deferred income taxes are recorded based upon temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities and available net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Temporary differences and carryforwards that comprised deferred income tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Acquisition related contingent consideration	$	94,323		$	94,055
Deferred compensation		26,154			27,097
Deferred revenue		25,027			18,704
Accrued liabilities		18,485			15,523
Postretirement benefits		13,843			16,443
Net operating loss carryforwards		7,628			1,923
Charitable contribution carryover		5,723			3,770
Pension (nonunion)		5,307			8,303
Transactional costs		5,291			5,733
Capital lease agreements		2,871			3,377
Pension (union)		1,724			1,922
Other		4,198			1,669
Deferred income tax assets	$	210,574		$	198,519
Less: Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets		5,899			4,337
Net deferred income tax asset	$	204,675		$	194,182

Intangible assets	$	(154,974	)	$	(154,425	)
Depreciation		(131,856	)		(105,685	)
Investment in Piedmont		(24,540	)		(25,895	)
Inventory		(10,553	)		(9,781	)
Prepaid expenses		(8,680	)		(8,399	)
Patronage dividend		(1,246	)		(2,361	)
Deferred income tax liabilities	$	(331,849	)	$	(306,546	)

Net deferred income tax liability	$	(127,174	)	$	(112,364	)

The Company’s deferred income tax assets and liabilities are subject to adjustment in future periods based on the Company’s ongoing evaluations of such deferred assets and liabilities and new information available to the Company.

Valuation allowances are recognized on deferred tax assets if the Company believes it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company believes the majority of the deferred tax assets will be realized due to the reversal of certain significant temporary differences and anticipated future taxable income from operations.

The valuation allowance of $5.9 million on December 30, 2018 and $4.3 million on December 31, 2017 was established primarily for certain loss carryforwards and deferred compensation. The increase in the valuation allowance as of December 30, 2018 was primarily a result of the deductibility of certain deferred tax assets following the Company’s adoption of the Tax Act.

As of December 30, 2018, the Company had $16.2 million of federal net operating losses, which do not expire, and $93.5 million of state net operating losses available to reduce future income taxes, which expire in varying amounts through 2038.

Prior tax years beginning in year 2002 remain open to examination by the IRS, and various tax years beginning in year 1998 remain open to examination by certain state tax jurisdictions due to loss carryforwards.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Equity [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

19.	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI(L)”) is comprised of adjustments relative to the Company’s pension and postretirement medical benefit plans and foreign currency translation adjustments required for a subsidiary of the Company that performs data analysis and provides consulting services outside the United States.

A summary of AOCI(L) for 2018, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

				Gains (Losses) During the Period					Reclassification to Income
	December 31,			Pre-tax		Tax			Pre-tax			Tax			December 30,
(in thousands)	2017			Activity		Effect			Activity			Effect			2018
Net pension activity:
Actuarial loss	$	(78,618	)	$	4,036	$	(993	)	$	3,830		$	(945	)	$	(72,690	)
Prior service costs		(43	)		-		-			25			(6	)		(24	)
Net postretirement benefits activity:
Actuarial loss		(23,519	)		14,552		(3,580	)		1,889			(464	)		(11,122	)
Prior service credits		1,744			-		-			(1,847	)		454			351
Recognized loss due to the October 2017 Divestitures		6,220			-		-			-			-			6,220
Foreign currency translation adjustment		14			-		-			(19	)		5			-
Total AOCI(L)	$	(94,202	)	$	18,588	$	(4,573	)	$	3,878		$	(956	)	$	(77,265	)

				Gains (Losses) During the Period					Reclassification to Income
	January 1,			Pre-tax			Tax		Pre-tax			Tax			December 31,
(in thousands)	2017			Activity			Effect		Activity			Effect			2017
Net pension activity:
Actuarial loss	$	(72,393	)	$	(11,219	)	$	2,768	$	3,402		$	(1,176	)	$	(78,618	)
Prior service costs		(61	)		-			-		28			(10	)		(43	)
Net postretirement benefits activity:
Actuarial loss		(24,111	)		(1,796	)		443		2,942			(997	)		(23,519	)
Prior service credits		3,679			-			-		(2,982	)		1,047			1,744
Recognized loss due to the October 2017 Divestitures		-			-			-		8,257			(2,037	)		6,220
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(11	)		-			-		40			(15	)		14
Total AOCI(L)	$	(92,897	)	$	(13,015	)	$	3,211	$	11,687		$	(3,188	)	$	(94,202	)

				Gains (Losses) During the Period					Reclassification to Income
	January 3,			Pre-tax			Tax		Pre-tax			Tax			January 1,
(in thousands)	2016			Activity			Effect		Activity			Effect			2017
Net pension activity:
Actuarial loss	$	(68,243	)	$	(9,777	)	$	3,764	$	3,031		$	(1,168	)	$	(72,393	)
Prior service costs		(78	)		-			-		28			(11	)		(61	)
Net postretirement benefits activity:
Actuarial loss		(19,825	)		(9,152	)		3,523		2,186			(843	)		(24,111	)
Prior service credits		5,744			-			-		(3,360	)		1,295			3,679
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(5	)		-			-		(11	)		5			(11	)
Total AOCI(L)	$	(82,407	)	$	(18,929	)	$	7,287	$	1,874		$	(722	)	$	(92,897	)

A summary of the impact on the income statement line items is as follows:

	Fiscal 2018
(in thousands)	Net Pension Activity		Net Postretirement Benefits Activity			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Total
Cost of sales	$	886	$	7		$	-		$	893
SD&A expenses		2,968		35			(19	)		2,984
Subtotal pre-tax		3,854		42			(19	)		3,877
Income tax expense		950		10			(5	)		955
Total after tax effect	$	2,904	$	32		$	(14	)	$	2,922

	Fiscal 2017
(in thousands)	Net Pension Activity		Net Postretirement Benefits Activity			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Total
Cost of sales	$	377	$	(9	)	$	-		$	368
SD&A expenses		3,053		(31	)		40			3,062
Subtotal pre-tax		3,430		(40	)		40			3,430
Income tax expense		1,186		(50	)		15			1,151
Total after tax effect	$	2,244	$	10		$	25		$	2,279

	Fiscal 2016
(in thousands)	Net Pension Activity		Net Postretirement Benefits Activity			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Total
Cost of sales	$	331	$	(174	)	$	-		$	157
SD&A expenses		2,728		(1,000	)		(11	)		1,717
Subtotal pre-tax		3,059		(1,174	)		(11	)		1,874
Income tax expense		1,179		(452	)		(5	)		722
Total after tax effect	$	1,880	$	(722	)	$	(6	)	$	1,152

Capital Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Equity [Abstract]

Capital Transactions

20.	Capital Transactions

During the first quarter of each year, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors determines whether any shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock should be issued to J. Frank Harrison, III, pursuant to the Performance Unit Award Agreement in connection with his services for the prior year as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Performance Unit Award Agreement expired at the end of 2018, with the final potential award of up to 40,000 shares of Class B Common Stock to be issued in the first quarter of 2019 in connection with Mr. Harrison’s services during 2018.

As permitted under the terms of the Performance Unit Award Agreement, a number of shares were settled in cash in 2018, 2017 and 2016 to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of the performance units. The remaining number of shares increased the total shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding. A summary of the awards issued in 2018, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
	2018		2017		2016
Date of approval for award	March 6, 2018		March 7, 2017		March 8, 2016
Fiscal year of service covered by award	2017		2016		2015
Shares settled in cash		16,504		18,980		19,080
Increase in Class B Common Stock shares outstanding		20,296		21,020		20,920
Total Class B Common Stock awarded		36,800		40,000		40,000

Compensation expense for the awards issued pursuant to the Performance Unit Award Agreement, recognized on the closing share price of the last trading day prior to the end of the fiscal year, was as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands, except per share data)	2018		2017		2016
Total compensation expense	$	5,606	$	7,922	$	7,154
Share price for compensation expense	$	179.55	$	215.26	$	178.85
Share price date for compensation expense	December 28, 2018		December 29, 2017		December 30, 2016

During the second quarter of 2018, the Compensation Committee and the Company’s stockholders approved the Long-Term Performance Equity Plan, which will compensate J. Frank Harrison, III based on the Company’s performance and will succeed the Performance Unit Award Agreement upon its expiration. Awards granted under the Long-Term Performance Equity Plan will be earned based on the Company’s attainment during a performance period of certain performance measures, each as specified by the Compensation Committee. These awards may be settled in cash and/or shares of Class B Common Stock, based on the average of the closing prices of shares of Common Stock during the last twenty trading days of the performance period. Compensation expense for the Long-Term Performance Equity Plan, which is included in SD&A expenses on the consolidated statements of operations, was $2.0 million for 2018.

The Company has two classes of common stock outstanding, Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. The Common Stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market^sm under the symbol COKE. There is no established public trading market for the Class B Common Stock. Shares of the Class B Common Stock are convertible on a share-for-share basis into shares of Common Stock at any time at the option of the holder.

No cash dividend or dividend of property or stock other than stock of the Company, as specifically described in the Company’s certificate of incorporation, may be declared and paid on the Class B Common Stock unless an equal or greater dividend is declared and paid on the Common Stock. During 2018, 2017 and 2016, dividends of $1.00 per share were declared and paid on both Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. Total cash dividends paid were $9.4 million in 2018 and $9.3 million per year in both 2017 and 2016.

Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote per share and each share of Class B Common Stock is entitled to 20 votes per share at all meetings of shareholders. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock vote together as a single class on all matters brought before the Company’s stockholders. In the event of liquidation, there is no preference between the two classes of common stock.

Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Benefit Plans

21.	Benefit Plans

Executive Benefit Plans

The Company has four executive benefit plans: the Supplemental Savings Incentive Plan, the Long-Term Retention Plan, the Officer Retention Plan and the Long-Term Performance Plan.

Pursuant to the Supplemental Savings Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective November 1, 2011, eligible participants may elect to defer a portion of their annual salary and bonus. Participants are immediately vested in all deferred contributions they make and become fully vested in Company contributions upon completion of five years of service, termination of employment due to death or retirement or a change in control. Participant deferrals and Company contributions made in years prior to 2006 are invested in either a fixed benefit option or certain investment funds specified by the Company. Beginning in 2010, the Company may elect at its discretion to match up to 50% of the first 6% of salary, excluding bonuses, deferred by the participant. During 2018, 2017 and 2016, the Company matched 50% of the first 6% of salary, excluding bonus, deferred by the participant. The Company may also make discretionary contributions to participants’ accounts. The liability under this plan was as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	8,255	$	8,205
Noncurrent liabilities		73,524		74,958
Total liability - Supplemental Savings Incentive Plan	$	81,779	$	83,163

Under the Long-Term Retention Plan, effective March 5, 2014, the Company accrues a defined amount each year for an eligible participant based upon an award schedule. Amounts awarded may earn an investment return based on certain investment funds specified by the Company. Benefits under the Long-Term Retention Plan are 50% vested until age 51. Beginning at age 51, the vesting percentage increases by 5% each year until the benefits are fully vested at age 60. Participants receive payments from the plan upon retirement or in certain instances upon termination of employment. Payments are made in the form of monthly installments over a period of 10, 15 or 20 years. The liability under this plan was as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	42	$	3
Noncurrent liabilities		2,140		2,563
Total liability - Long-Term Retention Plan	$	2,182	$	2,566

Under the Officer Retention Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2007, eligible participants may elect to receive an annuity payable in equal monthly installments over a 10, 15 or 20-year period commencing at retirement or, in certain instances, upon termination of employment. The benefits under the Officer Retention Plan increase with each year of participation as set forth in an agreement between the participant and the Company. Benefits under the Officer Retention Plan are 50% vested until age 51. Beginning at age 51, the vesting percentage increases by 5% each year until the benefits are fully vested at age 60. The liability under this plan was as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	3,014	$	2,949
Noncurrent liabilities		42,179		42,694
Total liability - Officer Retention Plan	$	45,193	$	45,643

Under the Long-Term Performance Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2017, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors establishes dollar amounts to which a participant shall be entitled upon attainment of the applicable performance measures. Bonus awards under the Long-Term Performance Plan are made based on the relative achievement of performance measures in terms of the Company-sponsored objectives or objectives related to the performance of the individual participants or of the subsidiary, division, department, region or function in which the participant is employed. The liability under this plan was as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	5,234	$	5,561
Noncurrent liabilities		5,244		4,527
Total liability - Long-Term Performance Plan	$	10,478	$	10,088

Pension Plans

There are two Company-sponsored pension plans. The Primary Plan was frozen as of June 30, 2006 and no benefits accrued to participants after this date. The Bargaining Plan is for certain employees under collective bargaining agreements. Benefits under the Bargaining Plan are determined in accordance with negotiated formulas for the respective participants. Contributions to the plans are based on actuarially determined amounts and are limited to the amounts currently deductible for income tax purposes.

Each year, the Company updates its mortality assumptions used in the calculation of its pension liability using The Society of Actuaries’ latest mortality tables. In 2018, 2017 and 2016, the mortality table reflected a lower increase in longevity.

The following tables set forth pertinent information for the two Company-sponsored pension plans:

Changes in Projected Benefit Obligation

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	303,918		$	273,148
Service cost		5,484			2,553
Interest cost		11,350			11,938
Actuarial (gain) / loss		(29,692	)		27,388
Benefits paid		(12,103	)		(11,109	)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year	$	278,957		$	303,918

The projected benefit obligations and the accumulated benefit obligations for both Company-sponsored pension plans were in excess of plan assets as of December 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. The accumulated benefit obligation was $279.0 million on December 30, 2018 and $303.9 million on December 31, 2017.

Change in Plan Assets

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	258,513		$	228,256
Actual return on plan assets		(10,242	)		29,766
Employer contributions		20,000			11,600
Benefits paid		(12,103	)		(11,109	)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	256,168		$	258,513

Funded Status

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Projected benefit obligation	$	(278,957	)	$	(303,918	)
Plan assets at fair value		256,168			258,513
Net funded status	$	(22,789	)	$	(45,405	)

Amounts Recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	-		$	-
Noncurrent liabilities		(22,789	)		(45,405	)
Total liability - pension plans	$	(22,789	)	$	(45,405	)

Net Periodic Pension Cost (Benefit)

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2016
Service cost	$	5,484		$	2,553		$	461
Interest cost		11,350			11,938			12,182
Expected return on plan assets		(15,415	)		(13,597	)		(13,822	)
Recognized net actuarial loss		3,830			3,402			3,031
Amortization of prior service cost		25			28			28
Net periodic pension cost (benefit)	$	5,274		$	4,324		$	1,880

Significant Assumptions

	Fiscal Year
	2018			2017			2016
Projected benefit obligation at the measurement date:
Discount rate - Primary Plan		4.47	%		3.80	%		4.44	%
Discount rate - Bargaining Plan		4.63	%		3.90	%		4.49	%
Weighted average rate of compensation increase	N/A			N/A			N/A
Net periodic pension cost for the fiscal year:
Discount rate - Primary Plan		3.80	%		4.44	%		4.72	%
Discount rate - Bargaining Plan		3.90	%		4.49	%		4.72	%
Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets⁽¹⁾		6.00	%		6.00	%		6.50	%
Weighted average rate of compensation increase	N/A			N/A			N/A

⁽¹⁾

The weighted average expected long-term rate of return, which is used in computing net periodic pension cost, reflects an estimate of long-term future returns for the pension plan assets net of expenses. The estimate is primarily a function of the asset classes, equities versus fixed income, in which the pension plan assets are invested and the analysis of past performance of these asset classes over a long period of time. The analysis includes expected long-term inflation and the risk premiums associated with equity investments and fixed income investments.

The increase in the discount rates in 2018, as compared to 2017, was the primary driver of actuarial gains in 2018. The decrease in the discount rates in 2017, as compared to 2016, was the primary driver of actuarial losses in 2017. The actuarial gains and losses, net of tax, were recorded in other comprehensive loss.

Cash Flows

(in thousands)	Anticipated Future Pension Benefit Payments for the Fiscal Years
2019	$	11,249
2020		11,976
2021		12,737
2022		13,518
2023		14,335
2024 – 2028		81,499

Contributions to the two Company-sponsored pension plans are expected to be in the range of $1 million to $2 million in 2019.

Plan Assets

All assets in the Company’s pension plans are invested in institutional investment funds managed by professional investment advisors which hold U.S. equities, international equities and debt securities. The objective of the Company’s investment philosophy is to earn the plans’ targeted rate of return over longer periods without assuming excess investment risk. The expected long-term rate of return assumption for the pension plan assets, which will be used to compute 2019 net periodic pension costs, is based upon target asset allocation and is determined using forward-looking assumptions in the context of historical returns and volatilities for each asset class. The Company evaluates the rate of return assumption on an annual basis. The Company’s pension plans target asset allocation for 2019, actual asset allocation at December 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, and the expected weighted average long-term rate of return by asset category were as follows:

	Target			Percentage of Plan						Weighted Average Expected
	Allocation			Assets at Fiscal Year-End						Long-Term Rate of Return
	2019			2018			2017			2018⁽¹⁾
Debt securities		65	%		64	%		39	%		2.5	%
U.S. equity securities		25	%		25	%		46	%		1.8	%
International equity securities		10	%		9	%		15	%		0.7	%
Cash and cash equivalents		0	%		2	%		0	%		0.0	%
Total		100	%		100	%		100	%		5.0	%

⁽¹⁾

The weighted average expected long-term rate of return of plan assets is 5.0% for the Primary Plan and 5.25% for the Bargaining Plan.

Debt securities as of December 30, 2018 are comprised of investments in two institutional bond funds with a weighted average duration of approximately three years. U.S. equity securities include: (i) large capitalization domestic based companies that are generally included in common market indices such as the S&P 500™ and the Russell 1000™ and (ii) small and mid-capitalization domestic equities as represented by the Russell 2000™ index. International equity securities include companies from developed markets outside the United States. Cash and cash equivalents have a weighted average duration of less than three months.

The following table summarizes the Company’s common/collective trust fund pension plan assets. The underlying investments held in common/collective trust funds are actively managed equity securities and fixed income investment vehicles that are valued at the net asset value per share multiplied by the number of shares held as of the measurement date.

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Common/collective trust funds - fixed income	$	164,307	$	100,500
Common/collective trust funds - equity securities		86,107		157,290
Common/collective trust funds - cash equivalents		4,975		-
Total common/collective trust funds	$	255,389	$	257,790

In addition, the Company had other level 1 pension plan assets related to its equity securities of $0.8 million in 2018 and $0.7 million in 2017. The level 1 assets had quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets available for fair value measurement.

The Company does not have any unobservable inputs (Level 3) pension plan assets.

401(k) Savings Plan

The Company provides a 401(k) Savings Plan for substantially all its employees who are not part of collective bargaining agreements and for certain employees under collective bargaining agreements. The Company’s matching contribution for employees who are not part of collective bargaining agreements is discretionary, with the option to match contributions for eligible participants up to 5% based on the Company’s financial results. For all years presented, the Company matched the maximum 5% of participants’ contributions. The Company’s matching contributions for employees who are part of collective bargaining agreements are determined in accordance with negotiated formulas for the respective employees. The total expense for the Company’s matching contributions to the 401(k) Savings Plan was $21.2 million in 2018, $18.4 million in 2017 and $14.9 million in 2016.

Postretirement Benefits

The Company provides postretirement benefits for employees meeting specified criteria. The Company recognizes the cost of postretirement benefits, which consist principally of medical benefits, during employees’ periods of active service. The Company does not pre-fund these benefits and has the right to modify or terminate certain of these benefits in the future.

The following tables set forth pertinent information for the Company’s postretirement benefit plan:

Reconciliation of Activity

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	76,665		$	85,255
Service cost		1,854			2,232
Interest cost		2,694			3,636
Plan participants’ contributions		776			752
Actuarial (gain) / loss		(14,552	)		1,796
Benefits paid		(3,042	)		(2,994	)
Medicare Part D subsidy reimbursement		66			37
Acquisition of benefits		-			3,291
Divestiture of benefits related to the October 2017 Divestitures		-			(17,340	)
Benefit obligation at end of year	$	64,461		$	76,665

Reconciliation of Plan Assets Fair Value

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	-		$	-
Employer contributions		2,200			2,205
Plan participants’ contributions		776			752
Benefits paid		(3,042	)		(2,994	)
Medicare Part D subsidy reimbursement		66			37
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	-		$	-

Funded Status

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	3,219	$	3,678
Noncurrent liabilities		61,242		72,987
Total liability - postretirement benefits	$	64,461	$	76,665

Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2016
Service cost	$	1,854		$	2,232		$	1,567
Interest cost		2,694			3,636			3,094
Recognized net actuarial loss		1,889			2,942			2,186
Amortization of prior service cost		(1,847	)		(2,982	)		(3,360	)
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost	$	4,590		$	5,828		$	3,487

Significant Assumptions

	Fiscal Year
	2018			2017			2016
Benefit obligation discount rate at measurement date		4.41	%		3.72	%		4.36	%
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost discount rate for fiscal year		3.72	%		4.36	%		4.53	%

Postretirement benefit expense - Pre-Medicare:
Weighted average healthcare cost trend rate		7.82	%		6.94	%		6.20	%
Trend rate graded down to ultimate rate		4.50	%		4.50	%		4.50	%
Ultimate rate year	2025			2025			2024

Postretirement benefit expense - Post-Medicare:
Weighted average healthcare cost trend rate		7.74	%		8.07	%		7.50	%
Trend rate graded down to ultimate rate		4.50	%		4.50	%		4.50	%
Ultimate rate year	2025			2025			2024

A 1% increase or decrease in the annual healthcare cost trend would have impacted the postretirement benefit obligation and service cost and interest cost of the Company’s postretirement benefit plan as follows:

(in thousands)	1% Increase		1% Decrease
Postretirement benefit obligation at December 30, 2018	$	7,878	$	(6,993	)
Service cost and interest cost in 2018		590		(525	)

Cash Flows

(in thousands)	Anticipated Future Postretirement Benefit Payments Reflecting Expected Future Service
2019	$	3,219
2020		3,334
2021		3,568
2022		3,807
2023		3,849
2024 – 2028		22,222

Anticipated future postretirement benefit payments are shown net of Medicare Part D subsidy reimbursements, which are not material.

A reconciliation of the amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss not yet recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost is as follows:

(in thousands)	December 31, 2017			Actuarial Gain (Loss)		Reclassification Adjustments			December 30, 2018
Pension Plans:
Actuarial gain (loss)	$	(127,461	)	$	4,036	$	3,830		$	(119,595	)
Prior service (cost) credit		(73	)		-		25			(48	)
Postretirement Medical:
Actuarial gain (loss)		(39,356	)		14,552		1,889			(22,915	)
Prior service (cost) credit		3,140			-		(1,847	)		1,293
Recognized loss due to the October 2017 Divestitures		8,257			-		-			8,257
Total within accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(155,493	)	$	18,588	$	3,897		$	(133,008	)

The amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as components of net periodic cost during 2019 are as follows:

(in thousands)	Pension Plans		Postretirement Medical			Total
Actuarial loss	$	3,603	$	783		$	4,386
Prior service cost (credit)		23		(1,293	)		(1,270	)
Total expected to be recognized during 2019	$	3,626	$	(510	)	$	3,116

Multiemployer Pension Plans

Certain employees of the Company whose employment is covered under collective bargaining agreements participate in a multiemployer pension plan, the Employers-Teamsters Local Union Nos. 175 and 505 Pension Fund (the “Teamsters Plan”). The Company makes monthly contributions to the Teamsters Plan on behalf of such employees. The collective bargaining agreements covering the Teamsters Plan expire at various times by July 2021. The Company expects these agreements will be re-negotiated.

The risks of participating in the Teamsters Plan are different from single employer plans as contributed assets are pooled and may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers. If a participating employer stops contributing to the Teamsters Plan, the unfunded obligations of the Teamsters Plan may be borne by the remaining participating employers. If the Company chooses to stop participating in the Teamsters Plan, the Company could be required to pay the Teamsters Plan a withdrawal liability based on the underfunded status of the Teamsters Plan. The Company does not anticipate withdrawing from the Teamsters Plan.

In 2015, the Company increased its contribution rates to the Teamsters Plan, with additional increases occurring annually, as part of a rehabilitation plan, which was incorporated into the renewal of collective bargaining agreements with the unions effective April 28, 2014 and adopted by the Company as a rehabilitation plan effective January 1, 2015. This is a result of the Teamsters Plan being certified by its actuary as being in “critical” status for the plan year beginning January 1, 2013.

The Company’s participation in the Teamsters Plan is outlined in the table below. A red zone represents less than 80% funding and requires a financial improvement plan (“FIP”) or rehabilitation plan (“RP”).

Fiscal Year

(in thousands)

2018

2017

2016

Pension Protection Act Zone Status

Red

FIP or RP pending or implemented

Yes

Surcharge imposed

Yes

Contribution

763

800

728

According to the Teamsters Plan’s Forms 5500, the Company was not listed as providing more than 5% of the total contributions for the plan years ending December 31, 2017 or January 1, 2017. At the date these financial statements were issued, Forms 5500 were not available for the plan year ending December 30, 2018.

The Company has a liability recorded for withdrawing from a multiemployer pension plan in 2008 and is required to make payments of approximately $1 million to this multiemployer pension plan each year through 2028. As of December 30, 2018 the Company has $6.9 million remaining on this liability.

Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Related Party Transactions

22.	Related Party Transactions

The Coca‑Cola Company

The Company’s business consists primarily of the production, marketing and distribution of nonalcoholic beverages of The Coca‑Cola Company, which is the sole owner of the formulas under which the primary components of its soft drink products, either concentrate or syrup, are manufactured.

As of December 30, 2018, The Coca‑Cola Company owned approximately 27% of the Company’s total outstanding Common Stock and Class B Common Stock on a consolidated basis, representing approximately 5% of the total voting power of the Company’s Common Stock and Class B Common Stock voting together. As long as The Coca‑Cola Company holds the number of shares of Common Stock it currently owns, it has the right to have its designee proposed by the Company for nomination to the Company’s Board of Directors, and J. Frank Harrison, III, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and trustees of certain trusts established for the benefit of certain relatives of J. Frank Harrison, Jr. have agreed to vote the shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock which they control, representing approximately 86% of the total voting power of the Company’s combined Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, in favor of such designee. The Coca‑Cola Company does not own any shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock.

The following table and the subsequent descriptions summarize the significant transactions between the Company and The Coca‑Cola Company:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Payments made by the Company to The Coca-Cola Company for:
Concentrate, syrup, sweetener and other purchases	$	1,188,818	$	1,085,898	$	669,783
Customer marketing programs		145,019		139,542		116,537
Cold drink equipment parts		30,065		25,381		21,558
Glacéau distribution agreement consideration		-		15,598		-

Payments made by The Coca-Cola Company to the Company for:
Conversion of bottling agreements	$	-	$	91,450	$	-
Marketing funding support payments		86,483		83,177		73,513
Fountain delivery and equipment repair fees		40,023		35,335		27,624
Legacy Facilities Credit (excluding portion related to Mobile, Alabama facility)		1,320		30,647		-
Portion of Legacy Facilities Credit related to Mobile, Alabama facility		-		12,364		-
Facilitating the distribution of certain brands and packages to other Coca-Cola bottlers		9,683		10,474		7,193
Cold drink equipment		3,789		8,400		-
Presence marketing funding support on the Company’s behalf		8,311		4,843		2,064

Coca‑Cola Refreshments USA, Inc.

The Company previously had a production arrangement with CCR to buy and sell finished products at cost and transported products for CCR to the Company’s and other Coca‑Cola bottlers’ locations. Following the completion of the October 2017 Transactions discussed in Note 4, the Company no longer transacts with CCR other than making quarterly sub-bottling payments, as discussed below. The following table summarizes purchases and sales under these arrangements between the Company and CCR prior to the closing of the October 2017 Transactions:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2017		2016
Purchases from CCR	$	114,891	$	269,575
Gross sales to CCR		76,718		72,568
Sales to CCR for transporting CCR's product		2,036		21,940

As discussed in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company and CCR recently concluded a series of System Transformation Transactions involving several asset purchase and asset exchange transactions for the acquisition and exchange of the following distribution territories and regional manufacturing facilities:

Distribution Territories		Acquisition / Exchange Date
Johnson City and Morristown, Tennessee		May 23, 2014
Knoxville, Tennessee		October 24, 2014
Cleveland and Cookeville, Tennessee		January 30, 2015
Louisville, Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana		February 27, 2015
Paducah and Pikeville, Kentucky		May 1, 2015
Lexington, Kentucky for Jackson, Tennessee Exchange		May 1, 2015
Norfolk, Fredericksburg and Staunton, Virginia and Elizabeth City, North Carolina		October 30, 2015
Easton and Salisbury, Maryland and Richmond and Yorktown, Virginia		January 29, 2016
Alexandria, Virginia and Capitol Heights and La Plata, Maryland		April 1, 2016
Baltimore, Hagerstown and Cumberland, Maryland		April 29, 2016
Cincinnati, Dayton, Lima and Portsmouth, Ohio and Louisa, Kentucky		October 28, 2016
Anderson, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, South Bend and Terre Haute, Indiana		January 27, 2017
Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana and Columbus and Mansfield, Ohio		March 31, 2017
Akron, Elyria, Toledo, Willoughby and Youngstown, Ohio		April 28, 2017
Memphis, Tennessee		October 2, 2017
Little Rock and West Memphis, Arkansas for Leroy, Mobile and Robertsdale, Alabama, Panama City, Florida, Bainbridge, Columbus and Sylvester, Georgia, Ocean Springs, Mississippi and Somerset, Kentucky (as part of the CCR Exchange Transaction)		October 2, 2017

Manufacturing Plants		Acquisition / Exchange Date
Annapolis, Maryland Make-Ready Center		October 30, 2015
Sandston, Virginia		January 29, 2016
Silver Spring and Baltimore, Maryland		April 29, 2016
Cincinnati, Ohio		October 28, 2016
Indianapolis and Portland, Indiana		March 31, 2017
Twinsburg, Ohio		April 28, 2017
Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas for Mobile, Alabama (as part of the CCR Exchange Transaction)		October 2, 2017

Pursuant to the CBA, the Company is required to make quarterly sub-bottling payments to CCR on a continuing basis for the grant of exclusive rights to distribute, promote, market and sell the authorized brands of The Coca‑Cola Company and related products in the territories acquired in the System Transformation, excluding territories the Company acquired in an exchange transaction. These sub-bottling payments are based on gross profit derived from sales of certain beverages and beverage products that are sold under the same trademarks that identify a covered beverage, beverage product or certain cross-licensed brands. Sub-bottling payments to CCR were $24.7 million in 2018, $16.7 million in 2017 and $13.5 million in 2016. The following table summarizes the liability recorded by the Company to reflect the estimated fair value of contingent consideration related to future sub‑bottling payments to CCR:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration	$	32,993	$	23,339
Non-current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration		349,905		357,952
Total acquisition related contingent consideration	$	382,898	$	381,291

Glacéau Distribution Termination Agreement

On January 1, 2017, the Company obtained the rights to market, promote, distribute and sell glacéau vitaminwater, glacéau smartwater and glacéau vitaminwater zero drops in certain geographic territories including the District of Columbia and portions of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, pursuant to an agreement entered into by the Company, The Coca‑Cola Company and CCR in June 2016. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company made a payment of $15.6 million during the first quarter of 2017 to The Coca‑Cola Company, which represented a portion of the total payment made by The Coca‑Cola Company to terminate a distribution arrangement with a prior distributor in this territory.

Territory Conversion Fee

Upon the conversion of the Company’s then-existing bottling agreements to the CBA on March 31, 2017, the Company received from CCR the Territory Conversion Fee, which, after final adjustments made during the second quarter of 2017, totaled $91.5 million, pursuant to a territory conversion agreement entered into by the Company, The Coca‑Cola Company and CCR in September 2015 (as amended). The Territory Conversion Fee was equivalent to 0.5 times the EBITDA the Company and its subsidiaries generated during the twelve-month period ended January 1, 2017 from sales in the distribution territories the Company served prior to the System Transformation of certain beverages owned by or licensed to The Coca‑Cola Company or Monster Energy Company on which the Company and its subsidiaries pay, and The Coca‑Cola Company receives, a facilitation fee. The Territory Conversion Fee was recorded as a deferred liability and will be amortized as a reduction to cost of sales over a period of 40 years. The portion of the deferred liability that is expected to be amortized in the next twelve months was classified in other accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

Legacy Facilities Credit

The Company immediately recognized $12.4 million of the Legacy Facilities Credit, which represented the portion applicable to a regional manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama which the Company transferred to CCR as part of the CCR Exchange Transaction. The remaining balance of the Legacy Facilities Credit will be amortized as a reduction to cost of sales over a period of 40 years. The portion of the deferred liability that is expected to be amortized in the next twelve months was classified in other accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

South Atlantic Canners, Inc.

The Company is a shareholder of South Atlantic Canners, Inc., a manufacturing cooperative in Bishopville, South Carolina. All of SAC’s shareholders are Coca‑Cola bottlers and each has equal voting rights. The Company accounts for SAC as an equity method investment. The Company’s investment in SAC as of December 30, 2018 was $8.2 million.

The Company receives a fee for managing the day-to-day operations of SAC pursuant to a management agreement. Proceeds from management fees received from SAC were $9.0 million in 2018, $9.1 million in 2017 and $9.0 million in 2016.

Southeastern Container

The Company is a shareholder of Southeastern Container, a plastic bottle manufacturing cooperative. The Company accounts for Southeastern as an equity method investment. The Company’s investment in Southeastern as of December 30, 2018 was $23.6 million.

In December 2017, CCR redistributed a portion of its investment in Southeastern Container. As a result of this redistribution, the Company increased its investment in Southeastern Container by $6.0 million, which was recorded as income in other expense, net in the consolidated financial statements.

Coca‑Cola Bottlers’ Sales & Services Company, LLC (“CCBSS”)

Along with other Coca‑Cola bottlers in the United States and Canada, the Company is a member of CCBSS, a company formed in 2003 to provide certain procurement and other services with the intention of enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of the Coca‑Cola bottling system. The Company accounts for CCBSS as an equity method investment and its investment in CCBSS is not material.

CCBSS negotiates the procurement for the majority of the Company’s raw materials, excluding concentrate, and the Company receives a rebate from CCBSS for the purchase of these raw materials. The Company had rebates due from CCBSS of $10.4 million on December 30, 2018 and $11.2 million on December 31, 2017, which were classified as accounts receivable, other in the consolidated balance sheets.

In addition, the Company pays an administrative fee to CCBSS for its services. The Company incurred administrative fees to CCBSS $2.8 million in 2018, $2.3 million in 2017 and $1.3 million in 2016, which were classified as SD&A expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

CONA Services LLC

The Company is a member of CONA Services LLC (“CONA”), an entity formed with The Coca‑Cola Company and certain other Coca‑Cola bottlers to provide business process and information technology services to its members. The Company accounts for CONA as an equity method investment. The Company’s investment in CONA as of December 30, 2018 was $8.0 million.

During the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company recorded an out-of-period adjustment to correct previously understated SD&A expenses in the amount of $6.9 million to properly account for the Company’s portion of CONA’s historical operating losses as an equity method investment. The unrecorded amounts in prior years were immaterial to the consolidated financial statements, and the adjustment was not material to the current period.

The Company is party to an amended and restated master services agreement with CONA (the “CONA MSA”), pursuant to which CONA agreed to make available, and the Company became authorized to use, the Coke One North America system (the “CONA System”), a uniform information technology system developed to promote operational efficiency and uniformity among North American Coca‑Cola bottlers. As part of making the CONA System available to the Company, CONA provides the Company with certain business process and information technology services, including the planning, development, management and operation of the CONA System in connection with the Company’s direct store delivery and manufacture of products.

The Company is authorized under the CONA MSA to use the CONA System in connection with its distribution, promotion, marketing, sale and manufacture of beverages it is authorized to distribute or manufacture under the CBA, the RMA or any other agreement with The Coca‑Cola Company, subject to the provisions of the CONA operating agreement and any licenses or other agreements relating to products or services provided by third parties and used in connection with the CONA System. In exchange for the Company’s rights to use the CONA System and receive CONA-related services under the CONA MSA, it is charged service fees by CONA. The Company is obligated to pay the service fees under the CONA MSA even if it is not using the CONA System for all or any portion of its distribution and manufacturing operations. The Company incurred CONA service fees of $21.5 million in 2018 and $12.6 million in 2017.

Related Party Leases

The Company leases its headquarters office facility and an adjacent office facility in Charlotte, North Carolina from Beacon Investment Corporation, of which J. Frank Harrison, III, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is the majority stockholder and Morgan H. Everett, Vice President and a director of the Company, is a minority stockholder. The annual base rent the Company is obligated to pay under this lease agreement is subject to adjustment for increases in the Consumer Price Index and the lease expires on December 31, 2021. The principal balance outstanding under this capital lease was $9.9 million on December 30, 2018 and $12.8 million on December 31, 2017.

The minimum rentals and contingent rental payments related to this lease were as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Minimum rentals	$	3,511	$	3,509	$	3,526
Contingent rentals		927		877		767
Total rental payments	$	4,438	$	4,386	$	4,293

The contingent rentals in 2018, 2017 and 2016 are a result of changes in the Consumer Price Index. Increases or decreases in lease payments that result from changes in the Consumer Price Index were recorded as adjustments to interest expense on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

The Company leases the Snyder Production Center and an adjacent sales facility in Charlotte, North Carolina from Harrison Limited Partnership One, which is directly and indirectly owned by trusts of which J. Frank Harrison, III, and Sue Anne H. Wells, a director of the Company, are trustees and beneficiaries and of which Morgan H. Everett is a permissible, discretionary beneficiary. The annual base rent the Company is obligated to pay under this lease agreement is subject to an adjustment for an inflation factor and the lease expires on December 31, 2020.

The principal balance outstanding under this capital lease was $8.1 million on December 30, 2018 and $11.6 million on December 31, 2017. The annual base rent the Company is obligated to pay under the lease is subject to an adjustment for an inflation factor. Rental payments related to this lease were $4.2 million in 2018, $4.1 million in 2017 and $4.0 million in 2016.

Net Income (Loss) Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Income (Loss) Per Share

23.	Net Income (Loss) Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic net income (loss) per share and diluted net income (loss) per share under the two-class method. See Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information related to net income (loss) per share.

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands, except per share data)	2018			2017		2016
Numerator for basic and diluted net income per Common Stock and Class B Common Stock share:
Net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.	$	(19,930	)	$	96,535	$	50,146
Less dividends:
Common Stock		7,141			7,141		7,141
Class B Common Stock		2,212			2,187		2,166
Total undistributed earnings (losses)	$	(29,283	)	$	87,207	$	40,839

Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – basic	$	(22,365	)	$	66,754	$	31,328
Class B Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – basic		(6,918	)		20,453		9,511
Total undistributed earnings (losses)	$	(29,283	)	$	87,207	$	40,839

Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted	$	(22,365	)	$	66,469	$	31,194
Class B Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted		(6,918	)		20,738		9,645
Total undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted	$	(29,283	)	$	87,207	$	40,839

Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Common Stock share:
Dividends on Common Stock	$	7,141		$	7,141	$	7,141
Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – basic		(22,365	)		66,754		31,328
Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Common Stock share	$	(15,224	)	$	73,895	$	38,469

Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Class B Common Stock share:
Dividends on Class B Common Stock	$	2,212		$	2,187	$	2,166
Class B Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – basic		(6,918	)		20,453		9,511
Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Class B Common Stock share	$	(4,706	)	$	22,640	$	11,677

Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Common Stock share:
Dividends on Common Stock	$	7,141		$	7,141	$	7,141
Dividends on Class B Common Stock assumed converted to Common Stock		2,212			2,187		2,166
Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted		(29,283	)		87,207		40,839
Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Common Stock share	$	(19,930	)	$	96,535	$	50,146

Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Class B Common Stock share:
Dividends on Class B Common Stock	$	2,212		$	2,187	$	2,166
Class B Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted		(6,918	)		20,738		9,645
Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Class B Common Stock share	$	(4,706	)	$	22,925	$	11,811

Denominator for basic net income (loss) per Common Stock and Class B Common Stock share:
Common Stock weighted average shares outstanding – basic		7,141			7,141		7,141
Class B Common Stock weighted average shares outstanding – basic		2,209			2,188		2,168

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands, except per share data)	2018			2017		2016
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per Common Stock and Class B Common Stock share:
Common Stock weighted average shares outstanding – diluted (assumes conversion of Class B Common Stock to Common Stock)		9,350			9,369		9,349
Class B Common Stock weighted average shares outstanding – diluted		2,209			2,228		2,208

Basic net income (loss) per share:
Common Stock	$	(2.13	)	$	10.35	$	5.39
Class B Common Stock	$	(2.13	)	$	10.35	$	5.39

Diluted net income (loss) per share:
Common Stock	$	(2.13	)	$	10.30	$	5.36
Class B Common Stock	$	(2.13	)	$	10.29	$	5.35

NOTES TO TABLE

⁽¹⁾	For purposes of the diluted net income (loss) per share computation for Common Stock, all shares of Class B Common Stock are assumed to be converted; therefore, 100% of undistributed earnings (losses) is allocated to Common Stock.

⁽²⁾	For purposes of the diluted net income (loss) per share computation for Class B Common Stock, weighted average shares of Class B Common Stock are assumed to be outstanding for the entire period and not converted.

⁽³⁾	The denominator for diluted net income (loss) per share for Common Stock and Class B Common Stock includes the dilutive effect of shares relative to the Performance Unit Award Agreement.

⁽⁴⁾	The Company does not have anti-dilutive shares.

Risks and Uncertainties

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Risks And Uncertainties [Abstract]

Risks and Uncertainties

24.	Risks and Uncertainties

Approximately 88% of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume to retail customers consists of products of The Coca‑Cola Company, which is the sole supplier of these products or of the concentrates or syrups required to manufacture these products. The remaining bottle/can sales volume to retail customers consists of products of other beverage companies. The Company has beverage agreements with The Coca‑Cola Company and other beverage companies under which it has various requirements. Failure to meet the requirements of these beverage agreements could result in the loss of distribution rights for the respective products.

The Company faces concentration risks related to a few customers comprising a large portion of the Company’s annual sales volume and net revenue. The following table summarizes the percentage of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume to its largest customers, as well as the percentage of the Company’s total net sales, which are included in the Nonalcoholic Beverages segment, that such volume represents. No other customer represented greater than 10% of the Company’s total net sales for any years presented.

	Fiscal Year
	2018			2017			2016
Approximate percent of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.		19	%		19	%		20	%
The Kroger Company		11	%		10	%		6	%
Total approximate percent of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume		30	%		29	%		26	%

Approximate percent of the Company’s total net sales
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.		14	%		13	%		14	%
The Kroger Company		8	%		7	%		5	%
Total approximate percent of the Company’s total net sales		22	%		20	%		19	%

The Company purchases all its aluminum cans from two domestic suppliers and all its plastic bottles from two manufacturing cooperatives. See Note 17 and Note 22 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information.

The Company is exposed to price risk on commodities such as aluminum, corn and resin which affects the cost of raw materials used in the production of finished products. The Company both produces and procures these finished products. Examples of the raw materials affected are aluminum cans and plastic bottles used for packaging and high fructose corn syrup used as a product ingredient. Further, the Company is exposed to commodity price risk on crude oil which impacts the Company’s cost of fuel used in the movement and delivery of the Company’s products. The Company participates in commodity hedging and risk mitigation programs administered both by CCBSS and by the Company. In addition, there is no limit on the price The Coca‑Cola Company and other beverage companies can charge for concentrate.

Certain liabilities of the Company, including floating rate debt, retirement benefit obligations and the Company’s pension liability, are subject to risk of changes in both long-term and short-term interest rates.

The Company’s contingent consideration liability resulting from the acquisition of the distribution territories acquired in the System Transformation, excluding territories the Company acquired in an exchange transaction, is subject to risk as a result of changes in the Company’s probability weighted discounted cash flow model, which is based on internal forecasts, and changes in the Company’s WACC, which is derived from market data.

Approximately 15% of the Company’s labor force is covered by collective bargaining agreements. The Company’s collective bargaining agreements, which generally have 3- to 5-year terms, expire at various dates through 2023. Terms and conditions of the new labor union agreements could increase the Company’s exposure to work interruptions or stoppages, as an increased percentage of its workforce is covered by collective bargaining agreements.

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

25.	Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

Changes in current assets and current liabilities affecting cash were as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2016
Accounts receivable, trade, net	$	(39,333	)	$	(121,203	)	$	(83,204	)
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company		11,643			3,272			(31,231	)
Accounts receivable, other		8,467			(9,190	)		(5,723	)
Inventories		(26,415	)		2,527			(8,301	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		29,785			(22,870	)		2,277
Accounts payable, trade		(36,355	)		73,603			32,186
Accounts payable to The Coca-Cola Company		(36,095	)		33,757			39,842
Other accrued liabilities		62,892			31,525			6,474
Accrued compensation		(1,943	)		7,351			7,613
Accrued interest payable		967			1,487			158
Change in current assets less current liabilities (exclusive of acquisitions)	$	(26,387	)	$	259		$	(39,909	)

The Company had the following net cash payments (refunds) during the period for interest and income taxes:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017		2016
Interest	$	45,067		$	39,609	$	34,764
Income taxes		(36,991	)		30,965		(7,111	)

The Company had the following significant noncash investing and financing activities:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Additions to property, plant and equipment accrued and recorded in accounts payable, trade	$	13,675	$	22,329	$	15,704
Issuance of Class B Common Stock in connection with stock award		3,831		3,669		3,726
Estimated fair value related to the October 2017 Divestitures		-		151,434		-
Gain on acquisition of Southeastern Container preferred shares in CCR redistribution		-		6,012		-
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company for adjustments to the cash purchase price for the April 2017 Transactions		-		4,707		-
Capital lease obligations incurred		-		2,233		-

Segments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segments

26.

Segments

The Company evaluates segment reporting in accordance with the FASB Accounting Standards Codification 280, Segment Reporting, each reporting period, including evaluating the reporting package reviewed by the Chief Operation Decision Maker (“CODM”). The Company has concluded the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as a group, represent the CODM. Asset information is not provided to the CODM. Effective December 31, 2018, the Company appointed a new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. In addition, the Company completed a four-year System Transformation in October 2017 and continues to integrate territories acquired in the System Transformation into its operations. In conjunction with these leadership changes and ongoing integration of operations, management continues to assess whether changes are necessary to the Company’s reportable segments.

The Company believes four operating segments exist. Nonalcoholic Beverages represents the vast majority of the Company’s consolidated revenues and income from operations. The additional three operating segments do not meet the quantitative thresholds for separate reporting, either individually or in the aggregate, and therefore have been combined into “All Other.”

The Company’s segment results are as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2016
Net sales:
Nonalcoholic Beverages	$	4,512,318		$	4,206,927		$	3,034,654
All Other		358,625			301,801			234,732
Eliminations⁽¹⁾		(245,579	)		(221,140	)		(139,241	)
Consolidated net sales	$	4,625,364		$	4,287,588		$	3,130,145

Income from operations:
Nonalcoholic Beverages	$	45,519		$	90,143		$	126,570
All Other		12,383			11,404			4,629
Consolidated income from operations	$	57,902		$	101,547		$	131,199

Depreciation and amortization:
Nonalcoholic Beverages	$	177,448		$	160,524		$	109,716
All Other		9,808			8,317			6,907
Consolidated depreciation and amortization	$	187,256		$	168,841		$	116,623

⁽¹⁾	The entire net sales elimination for each period presented represents net sales from the All Other segment to the Nonalcoholic Beverages segment. Sales between these segments are recognized at either fair market value or cost depending on the nature of the transaction.

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

27.	Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

The unaudited quarterly financial data for the fiscal years ended December 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 is included in the following tables. Sales volume has historically been the highest in the second and third quarter of each fiscal year. Additional meaningful financial information is included in the table following each presented period.

	Quarter Ended
(in thousands, except per share data)	April 1, 2018			July 1, 2018			September 30, 2018		December 30, 2018⁽¹⁾
Net sales	$	1,064,757		$	1,220,003		$	1,204,033	$	1,136,571
Gross profit		357,641			404,708			412,716		380,647
Income (loss) from operations		(18,997	)		19,679			44,404		12,816
Net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.		(14,185	)		(3,933	)		25,164		(26,976	)
Basic net income (loss) per share based on net income attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$	(1.52	)	$	(0.42	)	$	2.69	$	(2.88	)
Class B Common Stock	$	(1.52	)	$	(0.42	)	$	2.69	$	(2.88	)
Diluted net income (loss) per share based on net income attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$	(1.52	)	$	(0.42	)	$	2.69	$	(2.88	)
Class B Common Stock	$	(1.52	)	$	(0.42	)	$	2.68	$	(2.87	)

⁽¹⁾

	Quarter Ended
(in thousands, except per share data)	April 2, 2017			July 2, 2017		October 1, 2017		December 31, 2017
Net sales	$	857,593		$	1,159,804	$	1,152,561	$	1,117,630
Gross profit		323,912			405,691		400,359		374,905
Income from operations⁽¹⁾		14,950			48,655		37,472		470
Net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.		(5,051	)		6,348		17,316		77,922
Basic net income (loss) per share based on net income attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$	(0.54	)	$	0.68	$	1.86	$	8.35
Class B Common Stock	$	(0.54	)	$	0.68	$	1.86	$	8.35
Diluted net income (loss) per share based on net income attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$	(0.54	)	$	0.68	$	1.85	$	8.31
Class B Common Stock	$	(0.54	)	$	0.67	$	1.84	$	8.32

⁽¹⁾

Upon the Company’s adoption of ASU 2017‑07 in the first quarter of 2018, it retrospectively adjusted the presentation of its non-service cost component of net periodic benefit cost from SD&A expenses to other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations, which approximated $1.3 million per quarter in 2017. See Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information.

The Company historically presented consideration paid to customers under certain contractual arrangements for exclusive distribution rights and sponsorship privileges as a marketing expense within SD&A expenses. The Company has now determined such amounts should be presented as a reduction to net sales and has revised the presentation of previously issued financial statements to correct for this error. Management believes the effect on previously reported financial statements is not material. In addition, management believes the revised presentation provides consistency with other companies that operate in the beverage industry. The revision had no impact to net income (loss) or net income (loss) per share. See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information. A summary of the impact to net sales and SD&A expenses is as follows:

	Quarter
(in thousands)	First			Second			Third			Fourth
Impact to net sales and SD&A expenses in 2018	$	(7,307	)	$	(7,269	)	$	(7,628	)	$	-
Impact to net sales and SD&A expenses in 2017		(8,109	)		(9,487	)		(9,965	)		(8,519	)

Additional Information for 2018:	Quarter Ended
(in thousands)	April 1, 2018			July 1, 2018			September 30, 2018			December 30, 2018
Pre-tax income/(expense) impact:
Expenses related to System Transformation Transactions	$	(12,450	)	$	(9,871	)	$	(10,417	)	$	(10,598	)
Gain on exchange transactions		-			-			10,170			-
Expenses related to workforce optimization		-			(4,810	)		-			(3,745	)

Additional Information for 2017:	Quarter Ended
(in thousands)	April 2, 2017			July 2, 2017			October 1, 2017			December 31, 2017
Pre-tax income/(expense) impact:
Expenses related to System Transformation Transactions	$	(7,652	)	$	(11,574	)	$	(13,148	)	$	(17,171	)
System Transformation Transactions settlement		-			(9,442	)		-			2,446
Gain on exchange transactions		-			-			-			529
Portion of Legacy Facilities Credit related to Mobile, Alabama facility		-			-			-			12,364
Acquisition of Southeastern Container preferred shares from CCR		-			-			-			6,012
Post-tax income/(expense) impact:
Tax Act		-			-			-			66,595

Subsequent Event

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Event

28.	Subsequent Event

On February 5, 2019, the Company entered into a confirmation of acceptance (the “Confirmation of Acceptance”) to sell $100 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) to MetLife Investment Advisors, LLC (“MetLife”) and certain of its affiliates (the “MetLife Affiliates”) pursuant to a Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement dated January 23, 2019 between the Company, MetLife and each MetLife Affiliate that becomes party thereto. Pursuant to the Confirmation of Acceptance, the Company has agreed to sell $100 million aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes on or before April 10, 2019. The 2026 Notes will bear interest at 3.93% and will mature on October 10, 2026, unless earlier redeemed by the Company. Interest on the 2026 Notes will be payable quarterly in arrears on each January 10, April 10, July 10 and October 10, commencing on July 10, 2019. The Company expects to use the proceeds for refinancing of debt and general corporate purposes. As of the date of this filing, the Company may request that MetLife consider the purchase of additional senior unsecured notes of the Company under the agreement in an aggregate principal amount of up to $200 million.

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Valuation And Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

Schedule II

COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED, INC.

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Balance at beginning of year	$	7,606	$	4,448	$	2,117
Additions charged to costs and expenses		9,964		4,464		2,534
Deductions		8,429		1,306		203
Balance at end of year	$	9,141	$	7,606	$	4,448

Deferred Income Tax Valuation Allowance

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Balance at beginning of year	$	4,337	$	1,618	$	2,307
Adjustment for federal tax legislation⁽¹⁾		-		2,419		-
Additions charged to costs and expenses		1,562		877		-
Deductions credited to expense		-		577		689
Balance at end of year	$	5,899	$	4,337	$	1,618

⁽¹⁾

In 2017, the Company increased its valuation allowance as a result of the deductibility of certain deferred compensation based on the current interpretation of the Tax Act.

Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Description of Business

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

Fiscal Year

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Accounts Receivable, Trade

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Inventories

Property, Plant and Equipment

Leased Property Under Capital Leases

Internal Use Software

Goodwill

•

market value, using the Company’s stock price plus outstanding debt;

•

discounted cash flow analysis; and

•

multiple of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization based upon relevant industry data.

Distribution Agreements, Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets

Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans

Income Taxes

A valuation allowance will be provided against deferred tax assets if the Company determines it is more likely than not such assets will not ultimately be realized.

Revenue Recognition

See Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for information on the Company’s revenue recognition policy.

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Bottle/can sales:
Sparkling beverages (carbonated)	$	2,395,213	$	2,265,688	$	1,750,036
Still beverages (noncarbonated, including energy products)		1,471,491		1,315,236		884,306
Total bottle/can sales		3,866,704		3,580,924		2,634,342

Other sales:
Sales to other Coca-Cola bottlers		387,716		383,065		238,182
Post-mix and other		370,944		323,599		257,621
Total other sales		758,660		706,664		495,803

Total net sales	$	4,625,364	$	4,287,588	$	3,130,145

Revenues do not include sales or other taxes collected from customers.

The following table represents a disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Point in time net sales:
Nonalcoholic Beverages - point in time	$	4,467,945	$	4,169,910	$	3,008,643
Total point in time net sales		4,467,945		4,169,910		3,008,643

Over time net sales:
Nonalcoholic Beverages - over time		44,373		37,017		26,011
All Other - over time		113,046		80,661		95,491
Total over time net sales		157,419		117,678		121,502

Total net sales	$	4,625,364	$	4,287,588	$	3,130,145

Marketing Programs and Sales Incentives

Marketing Funding Support

Derivative Financial Instruments

Risk Management Programs

Cost of Sales

Selling, Delivery and Administrative Expenses

Shipping and Handling Costs

Stock Compensation

See Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements for additional information on Mr. Harrison’s stock compensation programs.

Net Income Per Share

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) data are presented for each class of common stock.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Sales By Category

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Bottle/can sales:
Sparkling beverages (carbonated)	$	2,395,213	$	2,265,688	$	1,750,036
Still beverages (noncarbonated, including energy products)		1,471,491		1,315,236		884,306
Total bottle/can sales		3,866,704		3,580,924		2,634,342

Other sales:
Sales to other Coca-Cola bottlers		387,716		383,065		238,182
Post-mix and other		370,944		323,599		257,621
Total other sales		758,660		706,664		495,803

Total net sales	$	4,625,364	$	4,287,588	$	3,130,145

Disaggregation of Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The following table represents a disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Point in time net sales:
Nonalcoholic Beverages - point in time	$	4,467,945	$	4,169,910	$	3,008,643
Total point in time net sales		4,467,945		4,169,910		3,008,643

Over time net sales:
Nonalcoholic Beverages - over time		44,373		37,017		26,011
All Other - over time		113,046		80,661		95,491
Total over time net sales		157,419		117,678		121,502

Total net sales	$	4,625,364	$	4,287,588	$	3,130,145

Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Summary of Carrying Value of Divested Assets and Liabilities

The carrying value of divested assets and liabilities in the October 2017 Divestitures is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)	October 2017 Divestitures
Cash	$	303
Inventories		13,717
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,199
Property, plant and equipment		44,380
Other assets (including deferred taxes)		604
Goodwill		13,073
Distribution agreements		65,043
Total divested assets	$	138,319

Other current liabilities	$	5,683
Pension and postretirement benefit obligations		16,855
Total divested liabilities	$	22,538

2017 Acquisition [Member]

Summary of Fair Values of Acquired Assets and Assumed Liabilities as of Acquisition Date

The fair value of acquired assets and assumed liabilities in the 2017 System Transformation Transactions as of the acquisition dates is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)	January 2017 Transaction		March 2017 Transactions		April 2017 Transactions		October 2017 Acquisitions		Total 2017 System Transformation Transactions Acquisitions
Cash	$	107	$	211	$	103	$	191	$	612
Inventories		5,953		20,952		14,554		14,850		56,309
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,155		5,117		4,068		4,573		14,913
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company		1,042		1,807		2,552		1,447		6,848
Property, plant and equipment		25,708		81,638		52,263		71,589		231,198
Other assets (including deferred taxes)		1,158		3,227		3,960		1,300		9,645
Goodwill		1,544		2,527		16,941		11,442		32,454
Distribution agreements		22,000		46,750		19,500		129,450		217,700
Customer lists		1,500		1,750		1,000		4,950		9,200
Total acquired assets	$	60,167	$	163,979	$	114,941	$	239,792	$	578,879

Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)	$	1,350	$	2,958	$	1,475	$	1,501	$	7,284
Other current liabilities		324		3,760		2,860		8,311		15,255
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)		26,377		49,739		25,616		20,676		122,408
Other liabilities		43		2,953		1,792		102		4,890
Total assumed liabilities	$	28,094	$	59,410	$	31,743	$	30,590	$	149,837

Schedule of Consolidated Statement of Operations

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017
Impact to net sales - total 2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions	$	1,191,468	$	740,259
Impact to net sales - October 2017 Divestitures		-		231,301
Total impact to net sales	$	1,191,468	$	971,560

Impact to income from operations - total 2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions	$	25,460	$	10,754
Impact to income from operations - October 2017 Divestitures		-		22,973
Total impact to income from operations	$	25,460	$	33,727

Schedule of Unaudited Pro Forma Information

The following table represents the Company’s unaudited pro forma net sales and unaudited pro forma income from operations for the 2017 System Transformation Transactions.

	2017
(in thousands)	Net Sales		Income from Operations
Balance as reported	$	4,287,588	$	101,547
Pro forma adjustments (unaudited)		231,183		4,262
Balance including pro forma adjustments (unaudited)	$	4,518,771	$	105,809

October 2017 Acquisitions [Member]

Summary of Fair Values of Acquired Assets and Assumed Liabilities as of Acquisition Date

The fair value of acquired assets and assumed liabilities in the October 2017 Acquisitions as of the acquisition date is summarized as follows:

(in thousands)	CCR Exchange Business		Memphis Territory		United Exchange Business		October 2017 Acquisitions
Cash	$	91	$	100	-		$	191
Inventories		10,667		3,354		829		14,850
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		3,172		1,087		314		4,573
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company		674		563		210		1,447
Property, plant and equipment		47,484		21,321		2,784		71,589
Other assets (including deferred taxes)		753		547	-			1,300
Goodwill		3,546		5,199		2,697		11,442
Distribution agreements		80,100		35,400		13,950		129,450
Customer lists		3,200		1,200		550		4,950
Total acquired assets	$	149,687	$	68,771	$	21,334	$	239,792

Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)	$	-	$	1,501	$	-	$	1,501
Other current liabilities		3,497		4,323		491		8,311
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)	-			20,676		-		20,676
Other liabilities		15		87		-		102
Total assumed liabilities	$	3,512	$	26,587	$	491	$	30,590

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of information related to a disposal group. Includes, but is not limited to, a discontinued operation, disposal classified as held-for-sale or disposed of by means other than sale or disposal of an individually significant component.

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Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Finished products	$	135,561	$	116,354
Manufacturing materials		39,840		33,073
Plastic shells, plastic pallets and other inventories		34,632		34,191
Total inventories	$	210,033	$	183,618

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Prepaid Expense And Other Assets [Abstract]

Summary of Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Repair parts	$	26,846	$	30,530
Prepayments for sponsorship contracts		7,557		6,358
Current portion of income taxes		6,637		35,930
Prepaid software		6,553		5,855
Commodity hedges at fair market value		-		4,420
Other prepaid expenses and other current assets		23,087		17,553
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	70,680	$	100,646

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Principal Categories and Estimated Useful Lives of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

The principal categories and estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment, net were as follows:

					Estimated
(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017		Useful Lives
Land	$	78,242	$	78,825
Buildings		218,846		211,308	8-50 years
Machinery and equipment		328,034		315,117	5-20 years
Transportation equipment		372,895		351,479	4-20 years
Furniture and fixtures		89,439		89,559	3-10 years
Cold drink dispensing equipment		491,161		488,208	5-17 years
Leasehold and land improvements		132,837		125,348	5-20 years
Software for internal use		122,604		113,490	3-10 years
Construction in progress		15,142		25,490
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost		1,849,200		1,798,824
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization		858,668		767,436
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	990,532	$	1,031,388

Leased Property Under Capital Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Leases [Abstract]

Leased Property Under Capital Leases

Leased property under capital leases consisted of real estate with an estimated useful life of 10 to 20 years and were as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Leased property under capital leases	$	95,690	$	95,870
Less: Accumulated depreciation		71,970		66,033
Leased property under capital leases, net	$	23,720	$	29,837

Goodwill (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Reconciliation of Activity for Goodwill

A reconciliation of the activity for goodwill in 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Beginning balance - goodwill	$	169,316		$	144,586
2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions⁽¹⁾		-			35,867
October 2017 Divestitures		-			(13,073	)
Measurement period adjustments⁽²⁾		(3,413	)		1,936
Ending balance - goodwill	$	165,903		$	169,316

⁽¹⁾

⁽²⁾	Measurement period adjustments relate to post-closing adjustments made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for each System Transformation Transaction.

Distribution Agreements, Net (Tables) - Distribution Agreements [Member]

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Other Identifiable Intangible Assets Net

Distribution agreements, net, which are amortized on a straight-line basis and have an estimated useful life of 10 to 40 years, consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Distribution agreements at cost	$	950,559	$	939,527
Less: Accumulated amortization		50,176		26,175
Distribution agreements, net	$	900,383	$	913,352

Reconciliation of Activity for Other Identifiable Intangible Assets Net

A reconciliation of the activity for distribution agreements, net in 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Beginning balance - distribution agreements, net	$	913,352		$	234,988
Conversion to distribution rights from franchise rights		-			533,040
2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions⁽¹⁾		-			213,000
October 2017 Divestitures		-			(65,043	)
Measurement period adjustment⁽²⁾		4,700			16,000
Other distribution agreements		6,332			44
Additional accumulated amortization		(24,001	)		(18,677	)
Ending balance - distribution agreements, net	$	900,383		$	913,352

⁽¹⁾

⁽²⁾

Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets, Net (Tables) - Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets [Member]

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Other Identifiable Intangible Assets Net

Customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets, net, which are amortized on a straight-line basis and have an estimated useful life of 5 to 12 years, consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets at cost	$	25,288	$	25,288
Less: Accumulated amortization		8,806		6,968
Customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets, net	$	16,482	$	18,320

Reconciliation of Activity for Other Identifiable Intangible Assets Net

A reconciliation of the activity for customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets, net in 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Beginning balance - customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets, net	$	18,320		$	10,427
2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions⁽¹⁾		-			9,200
Measurement period adjustment⁽²⁾		-			150
Additional accumulated amortization		(1,838	)		(1,457	)
Ending balance - customer lists and other identifiable intangible assets, net	$	16,482		$	18,320

⁽¹⁾

⁽²⁾

Other Accrued Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Payables And Accruals [Abstract]

Summary of Other Accrued Liabilities

Other accrued liabilities consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Checks and transfers yet to be presented for payment from zero balance cash accounts	$	72,701	$	37,262
Accrued insurance costs		37,916		35,433
Current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration		32,993		23,339
Accrued marketing costs		31,475		33,376
Employee and retiree benefit plan accruals		29,300		27,024
Commodity hedges at fair market value		10,305		-
Accrued taxes (other than income taxes)		4,577		6,391
Current deferred proceeds from Territory Conversion Fee⁽¹⁾		2,286		2,286
All other accrued expenses		28,693		20,419
Total other accrued liabilities	$	250,246	$	185,530

⁽¹⁾

Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Debt

Following is a summary of the Company’s debt:

(in thousands)	Maturity Date	Interest Rate	Interest Paid	Public / Non-public	December 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Senior Notes⁽¹⁾	4/15/2019	7.00%	Semi-annually	Public	$	110,000		$	110,000
Term Loan Facility⁽¹⁾	6/7/2021	Variable	Varies	Non-public		292,500			300,000
Senior Notes	2/27/2023	3.28%	Semi-annually	Non-public		125,000			125,000
Revolving Credit Facility	6/8/2023	Variable	Varies	Non-public		80,000			207,000
Senior Notes	11/25/2025	3.80%	Semi-annually	Public		350,000			350,000
Senior Notes	3/21/2030	3.96%	Quarterly	Non-public		150,000			-
Unamortized discount on Senior Notes⁽²⁾	4/15/2019					(78	)		(332	)
Unamortized discount on Senior Notes⁽²⁾	11/25/2025					(61	)		(70	)
Debt issuance costs						(2,958	)		(3,580	)
Total debt						1,104,403			1,088,018
Less: Current portion of debt						-			-
Long-term debt					$	1,104,403		$	1,088,018

⁽¹⁾

⁽²⁾	The senior notes due in 2019 were issued at 98.238% of par and the senior notes due in 2025 were issued at 99.975% of par.

Principal Maturities of Debt Outstanding

The principal maturities of debt outstanding on December 30, 2018 were as follows:

(in thousands)	Debt Maturities
Fiscal 2019	$	140,000
Fiscal 2020		45,000
Fiscal 2021		217,500
Fiscal 2022		-
Fiscal 2023		205,000
Thereafter		500,000
Total debt	$	1,107,500

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Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Pre-Tax Changes in Fair Value

		Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	Classification of Gain (Loss)	2018			2017		2016
Commodity hedges	Cost of sales	$	(10,376	)	$	2,815	$	2,896
Commodity hedges	Selling, delivery and administrative expenses		(4,349	)		315		1,832
Total gain (loss)		$	(14,725	)	$	3,130	$	4,728

Summary of Fair Values and Classification in Consolidated Balance Sheets of Derivative Instruments

The following table summarizes the fair values and classification in the consolidated balance sheets of derivative instruments held by the Company:

(in thousands)	Balance Sheet Classification	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Assets:
Commodity hedges at fair market value	Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	-	$	4,420
Total assets		$	-	$	4,420

Liabilities:
Commodity hedges at fair market value	Other accrued liabilities	$	10,305	$	-
Total liabilities		$	10,305	$	-

Summary of Gross Derivative Assets and Gross Derivative Liabilities in Consolidated Balance Sheets

The following table summarizes the Company’s gross derivative assets and gross derivative liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Gross derivative assets	$	28,305	$	4,481
Gross derivative liabilities		38,610		61

Summary of Outstanding Commodity Derivative Agreements

The following table summarizes the Company’s outstanding commodity derivative agreements:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Notional amount of outstanding commodity derivative agreements	$	168,388	$	59,564
Latest maturity date of outstanding commodity derivative agreements	December 2019		December 2018

Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Deferred Compensation Plan Commodity Hedging Agreements and Acquisition Related Contingent Consideration

	December 30, 2018
	Carrying		Total		Fair Value		Fair Value		Fair Value
(in thousands)	Amount		Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Deferred compensation plan assets	$	33,160	$	33,160	$	33,160	$	-	$	-
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities		33,160		33,160		33,160		-		-
Commodity hedging agreements		10,305		10,305		-		10,305		-
Non-public variable rate debt		372,074		372,500		-		372,500		-
Non-public fixed rate debt		274,717		261,200		-		261,200		-
Public debt securities		457,612		455,400		-		455,400		-
Acquisition related contingent consideration		382,898		382,898		-		-		382,898

	December 31, 2017
	Carrying		Total		Fair Value		Fair Value		Fair Value
(in thousands)	Amount		Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
Deferred compensation plan assets	$	33,166	$	33,166	$	33,166	$	-	$	-
Commodity hedging agreements		4,420		4,420		-		4,420		-
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities		33,166		33,166		33,166		-		-
Non-public variable rate debt		506,398		507,000		-		507,000		-
Non-public fixed rate debt		124,829		126,400		-		126,400		-
Public debt securities		456,791		475,100		-		475,100		-
Acquisition related contingent consideration		381,291		381,291		-		-		381,291

Summary of Reconciliation of Acquisition Related Contingent Consideration

The acquisition related contingent consideration is the Company’s only Level 3 asset or liability. A reconciliation of the Level 3 activity is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Opening balance - Level 3 liability	$	381,291		$	253,437
Increase due to System Transformation Transactions acquisitions⁽¹⁾		-			128,880
Measurement period adjustments⁽²⁾		813			14,826
Payment of acquisition related contingent consideration		(24,683	)		(16,738	)
Reclassification to current payables		(3,290	)		(2,340	)
Unfavorable fair value adjustment		28,767			3,226
Ending balance - Level 3 liability	$	382,898		$	381,291

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⁽²⁾	Measurement period adjustments relate to post-closing adjustments made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for each System Transformation Transaction.

Other Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Other Liabilities

Other liabilities consisted of the following:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Non-current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration	$	349,905	$	357,952
Accruals for executive benefit plans		126,103		125,791
Non-current deferred proceeds from Territory Conversion Fee		85,163		87,449
Non-current deferred proceeds from Legacy Facilities Credit⁽¹⁾		30,369		29,881
Other		17,595		19,506
Total other liabilities	$	609,135	$	620,579

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Future Minimum Lease Payments Including Renewal Options for all Noncancelable Operating Leases and Capital Leases

(in thousands)	Capital Leases		Operating Leases		Total
2019	$	10,434	$	14,146	$	24,580
2020		10,613		13,526		24,139
2021		6,218		12,568		18,786
2022		2,697		11,161		13,858
2023		2,753		10,055		12,808
Thereafter		8,106		33,805		41,911
Total minimum lease payments including interest	$	40,821	$	95,261	$	136,082
Less: Amounts representing interest		5,573
Present value of minimum lease principal payments		35,248
Less: Current portion of principal payment obligations under capital leases		8,617
Long-term portion of principal payment obligations under capital leases	$	26,631

Summary of Company's Purchases from Manufacturing Cooperatives

The following table summarizes the Company’s purchases from these manufacturing cooperatives:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Purchases from SAC	$	155,583	$	148,511	$	149,878
Purchases from Southeastern		125,352		108,528		80,123
Total purchases from manufacturing cooperatives	$	280,935	$	257,039	$	230,001

Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Significant Components of the Provision for Income Taxes

The following table presents the significant components of the provision for income taxes:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2016
Current:
Federal	$	(4,228	)	$	12,978		$	(6,920	)
State		(3,269	)		5,292			27
Total current provision (benefit)	$	(7,497	)	$	18,270		$	(6,893	)

Deferred:
Federal	$	5,701		$	(54,232	)	$	39,644
State		3,665			(3,879	)		3,298
Total deferred provision (benefit)	$	9,366		$	(58,111	)	$	42,942

Income tax expense (benefit)	$	1,869		$	(39,841	)	$	36,049

Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense (benefit) at Statutory Federal Rate to Actual Income Tax Expense (benefit)

The following table provides a reconciliation of income tax expense (benefit) at the statutory federal rate to actual income tax expense (benefit).

	Fiscal Year
	2018						2017						2016
(in thousands)	Income tax expense			% pre-tax income			Income tax expense			% pre-tax income			Income tax expense			% pre-tax income
Statutory (income) / expense	$	(2,790	)		21.0	%	$	22,052			35.0	%	$	32,449			35.0	%
Nondeductible compensation		2,851			(21.5	)		230			0.4			191			0.2
Meals, entertainment and travel expense		2,734			(20.6	)		3,684			5.8			2,886			3.0
Adjustment for federal tax legislation		(1,989	)		15.0			(69,014	)		(109.5	)		-			-
Valuation allowance change		1,566			(11.8	)		2,718			4.3			(689	)		(0.7	)
Noncontrolling interest – Piedmont		(1,238	)		9.3			(1,692	)		(2.7	)		(2,406	)		(2.6	)
Adjustment for uncertain tax positions		694			(5.2	)		(521	)		(0.8	)		(43	)		-
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		(376	)		2.8			2,029			3.2			3,243			3.5
Other, net		417			(3.1	)		673			1.1			418			0.5
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	1,869		(14.1)%			$	(39,841	)	(63.2)%			$	36,049			38.9	%

Reconciliation of Uncertain Tax Positions Excluding Accrued Interest

A reconciliation of uncertain tax positions, excluding accrued interest, is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017			2016
Gross uncertain tax positions at the beginning of the year	$	2,286	$	2,679		$	2,633
Increase as a result of tax positions taken in the current period		571		966			687
Reduction as a result of the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations		-		(1,359	)		(641	)
Gross uncertain tax positions at the end of the year	$	2,857	$	2,286		$	2,679

Temporary Differences and Carryforwards that Comprised Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities

Temporary differences and carryforwards that comprised deferred income tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Acquisition related contingent consideration	$	94,323		$	94,055
Deferred compensation		26,154			27,097
Deferred revenue		25,027			18,704
Accrued liabilities		18,485			15,523
Postretirement benefits		13,843			16,443
Net operating loss carryforwards		7,628			1,923
Charitable contribution carryover		5,723			3,770
Pension (nonunion)		5,307			8,303
Transactional costs		5,291			5,733
Capital lease agreements		2,871			3,377
Pension (union)		1,724			1,922
Other		4,198			1,669
Deferred income tax assets	$	210,574		$	198,519
Less: Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets		5,899			4,337
Net deferred income tax asset	$	204,675		$	194,182

Intangible assets	$	(154,974	)	$	(154,425	)
Depreciation		(131,856	)		(105,685	)
Investment in Piedmont		(24,540	)		(25,895	)
Inventory		(10,553	)		(9,781	)
Prepaid expenses		(8,680	)		(8,399	)
Patronage dividend		(1,246	)		(2,361	)
Deferred income tax liabilities	$	(331,849	)	$	(306,546	)

Net deferred income tax liability	$	(127,174	)	$	(112,364	)

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Equity [Abstract]

Summary of Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss)

A summary of AOCI(L) for 2018, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

				Gains (Losses) During the Period					Reclassification to Income
	December 31,			Pre-tax		Tax			Pre-tax			Tax			December 30,
(in thousands)	2017			Activity		Effect			Activity			Effect			2018
Net pension activity:
Actuarial loss	$	(78,618	)	$	4,036	$	(993	)	$	3,830		$	(945	)	$	(72,690	)
Prior service costs		(43	)		-		-			25			(6	)		(24	)
Net postretirement benefits activity:
Actuarial loss		(23,519	)		14,552		(3,580	)		1,889			(464	)		(11,122	)
Prior service credits		1,744			-		-			(1,847	)		454			351
Recognized loss due to the October 2017 Divestitures		6,220			-		-			-			-			6,220
Foreign currency translation adjustment		14			-		-			(19	)		5			-
Total AOCI(L)	$	(94,202	)	$	18,588	$	(4,573	)	$	3,878		$	(956	)	$	(77,265	)

				Gains (Losses) During the Period					Reclassification to Income
	January 1,			Pre-tax			Tax		Pre-tax			Tax			December 31,
(in thousands)	2017			Activity			Effect		Activity			Effect			2017
Net pension activity:
Actuarial loss	$	(72,393	)	$	(11,219	)	$	2,768	$	3,402		$	(1,176	)	$	(78,618	)
Prior service costs		(61	)		-			-		28			(10	)		(43	)
Net postretirement benefits activity:
Actuarial loss		(24,111	)		(1,796	)		443		2,942			(997	)		(23,519	)
Prior service credits		3,679			-			-		(2,982	)		1,047			1,744
Recognized loss due to the October 2017 Divestitures		-			-			-		8,257			(2,037	)		6,220
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(11	)		-			-		40			(15	)		14
Total AOCI(L)	$	(92,897	)	$	(13,015	)	$	3,211	$	11,687		$	(3,188	)	$	(94,202	)

				Gains (Losses) During the Period					Reclassification to Income
	January 3,			Pre-tax			Tax		Pre-tax			Tax			January 1,
(in thousands)	2016			Activity			Effect		Activity			Effect			2017
Net pension activity:
Actuarial loss	$	(68,243	)	$	(9,777	)	$	3,764	$	3,031		$	(1,168	)	$	(72,393	)
Prior service costs		(78	)		-			-		28			(11	)		(61	)
Net postretirement benefits activity:
Actuarial loss		(19,825	)		(9,152	)		3,523		2,186			(843	)		(24,111	)
Prior service credits		5,744			-			-		(3,360	)		1,295			3,679
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(5	)		-			-		(11	)		5			(11	)
Total AOCI(L)	$	(82,407	)	$	(18,929	)	$	7,287	$	1,874		$	(722	)	$	(92,897	)

Summary of Impact of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) on Income Statement

A summary of the impact on the income statement line items is as follows:

	Fiscal 2018
(in thousands)	Net Pension Activity		Net Postretirement Benefits Activity			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Total
Cost of sales	$	886	$	7		$	-		$	893
SD&A expenses		2,968		35			(19	)		2,984
Subtotal pre-tax		3,854		42			(19	)		3,877
Income tax expense		950		10			(5	)		955
Total after tax effect	$	2,904	$	32		$	(14	)	$	2,922

	Fiscal 2017
(in thousands)	Net Pension Activity		Net Postretirement Benefits Activity			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Total
Cost of sales	$	377	$	(9	)	$	-		$	368
SD&A expenses		3,053		(31	)		40			3,062
Subtotal pre-tax		3,430		(40	)		40			3,430
Income tax expense		1,186		(50	)		15			1,151
Total after tax effect	$	2,244	$	10		$	25		$	2,279

	Fiscal 2016
(in thousands)	Net Pension Activity		Net Postretirement Benefits Activity			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Total
Cost of sales	$	331	$	(174	)	$	-		$	157
SD&A expenses		2,728		(1,000	)		(11	)		1,717
Subtotal pre-tax		3,059		(1,174	)		(11	)		1,874
Income tax expense		1,179		(452	)		(5	)		722
Total after tax effect	$	1,880	$	(722	)	$	(6	)	$	1,152

Capital Transactions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Equity [Abstract]

Summary of Awards

A summary of the awards issued in 2018, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
	2018		2017		2016
Date of approval for award	March 6, 2018		March 7, 2017		March 8, 2016
Fiscal year of service covered by award	2017		2016		2015
Shares settled in cash		16,504		18,980		19,080
Increase in Class B Common Stock shares outstanding		20,296		21,020		20,920
Total Class B Common Stock awarded		36,800		40,000		40,000

Compensation Expense for the Awards Issued Pursuant to the Performance Unit Award Agreement

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands, except per share data)	2018		2017		2016
Total compensation expense	$	5,606	$	7,922	$	7,154
Share price for compensation expense	$	179.55	$	215.26	$	178.85
Share price date for compensation expense	December 28, 2018		December 29, 2017		December 30, 2016

Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Changes in Projected Benefit Obligation

The following tables set forth pertinent information for the two Company-sponsored pension plans:

Changes in Projected Benefit Obligation

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	303,918		$	273,148
Service cost		5,484			2,553
Interest cost		11,350			11,938
Actuarial (gain) / loss		(29,692	)		27,388
Benefits paid		(12,103	)		(11,109	)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year	$	278,957		$	303,918

Change in Plan Assets

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	258,513		$	228,256
Actual return on plan assets		(10,242	)		29,766
Employer contributions		20,000			11,600
Benefits paid		(12,103	)		(11,109	)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	256,168		$	258,513

Funded Status

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Projected benefit obligation	$	(278,957	)	$	(303,918	)
Plan assets at fair value		256,168			258,513
Net funded status	$	(22,789	)	$	(45,405	)

Amounts Recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet

Amounts Recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	-		$	-
Noncurrent liabilities		(22,789	)		(45,405	)
Total liability - pension plans	$	(22,789	)	$	(45,405	)

Net Periodic Pension Cost (Benefit)

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2016
Service cost	$	5,484		$	2,553		$	461
Interest cost		11,350			11,938			12,182
Expected return on plan assets		(15,415	)		(13,597	)		(13,822	)
Recognized net actuarial loss		3,830			3,402			3,031
Amortization of prior service cost		25			28			28
Net periodic pension cost (benefit)	$	5,274		$	4,324		$	1,880

Significant Assumptions

	Fiscal Year
	2018			2017			2016
Projected benefit obligation at the measurement date:
Discount rate - Primary Plan		4.47	%		3.80	%		4.44	%
Discount rate - Bargaining Plan		4.63	%		3.90	%		4.49	%
Weighted average rate of compensation increase	N/A			N/A			N/A
Net periodic pension cost for the fiscal year:
Discount rate - Primary Plan		3.80	%		4.44	%		4.72	%
Discount rate - Bargaining Plan		3.90	%		4.49	%		4.72	%
Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets⁽¹⁾		6.00	%		6.00	%		6.50	%
Weighted average rate of compensation increase	N/A			N/A			N/A

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Expected Weighted Average Long-Term Rate of Return

The Company’s pension plans target asset allocation for 2019, actual asset allocation at December 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, and the expected weighted average long-term rate of return by asset category were as follows:

	Target			Percentage of Plan						Weighted Average Expected
	Allocation			Assets at Fiscal Year-End						Long-Term Rate of Return
	2019			2018			2017			2018⁽¹⁾
Debt securities		65	%		64	%		39	%		2.5	%
U.S. equity securities		25	%		25	%		46	%		1.8	%
International equity securities		10	%		9	%		15	%		0.7	%
Cash and cash equivalents		0	%		2	%		0	%		0.0	%
Total		100	%		100	%		100	%		5.0	%

⁽¹⁾

The weighted average expected long-term rate of return of plan assets is 5.0% for the Primary Plan and 5.25% for the Bargaining Plan.

Summary of Common/Collective Trust Fund Pension Plan Assets

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Common/collective trust funds - fixed income	$	164,307	$	100,500
Common/collective trust funds - equity securities		86,107		157,290
Common/collective trust funds - cash equivalents		4,975		-
Total common/collective trust funds	$	255,389	$	257,790

Reconciliation of Activity in Postretirement Benefit Plan

Reconciliation of Activity

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	76,665		$	85,255
Service cost		1,854			2,232
Interest cost		2,694			3,636
Plan participants’ contributions		776			752
Actuarial (gain) / loss		(14,552	)		1,796
Benefits paid		(3,042	)		(2,994	)
Medicare Part D subsidy reimbursement		66			37
Acquisition of benefits		-			3,291
Divestiture of benefits related to the October 2017 Divestitures		-			(17,340	)
Benefit obligation at end of year	$	64,461		$	76,665

Reconciliation of Plan Assets Fair Value in Postretirement Benefit Plan

Reconciliation of Plan Assets Fair Value

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	-		$	-
Employer contributions		2,200			2,205
Plan participants’ contributions		776			752
Benefits paid		(3,042	)		(2,994	)
Medicare Part D subsidy reimbursement		66			37
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	-		$	-

Funded Status in Postretirement Benefit Plan

Funded Status

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	3,219	$	3,678
Noncurrent liabilities		61,242		72,987
Total liability - postretirement benefits	$	64,461	$	76,665

Components of Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost

Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2016
Service cost	$	1,854		$	2,232		$	1,567
Interest cost		2,694			3,636			3,094
Recognized net actuarial loss		1,889			2,942			2,186
Amortization of prior service cost		(1,847	)		(2,982	)		(3,360	)
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost	$	4,590		$	5,828		$	3,487

Significant Assumptions

	Fiscal Year
	2018			2017			2016
Benefit obligation discount rate at measurement date		4.41	%		3.72	%		4.36	%
Net periodic postretirement benefit cost discount rate for fiscal year		3.72	%		4.36	%		4.53	%

Postretirement benefit expense - Pre-Medicare:
Weighted average healthcare cost trend rate		7.82	%		6.94	%		6.20	%
Trend rate graded down to ultimate rate		4.50	%		4.50	%		4.50	%
Ultimate rate year	2025			2025			2024

Postretirement benefit expense - Post-Medicare:
Weighted average healthcare cost trend rate		7.74	%		8.07	%		7.50	%
Trend rate graded down to ultimate rate		4.50	%		4.50	%		4.50	%
Ultimate rate year	2025			2025			2024

A 1% Increase or Decrease in Annual Healthcare Cost

(in thousands)	1% Increase		1% Decrease
Postretirement benefit obligation at December 30, 2018	$	7,878	$	(6,993	)
Service cost and interest cost in 2018		590		(525	)

Reconciliation of Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss That Have Not Yet Been Recognized as Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

A reconciliation of the amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss not yet recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost is as follows:

(in thousands)	December 31, 2017			Actuarial Gain (Loss)		Reclassification Adjustments			December 30, 2018
Pension Plans:
Actuarial gain (loss)	$	(127,461	)	$	4,036	$	3,830		$	(119,595	)
Prior service (cost) credit		(73	)		-		25			(48	)
Postretirement Medical:
Actuarial gain (loss)		(39,356	)		14,552		1,889			(22,915	)
Prior service (cost) credit		3,140			-		(1,847	)		1,293
Recognized loss due to the October 2017 Divestitures		8,257			-		-			8,257
Total within accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(155,493	)	$	18,588	$	3,897		$	(133,008	)

Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Expected to be Recognized as Components of Net Periodic Pension Costs or Postretirement Benefits Costs in 2019

The amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as components of net periodic cost during 2019 are as follows:

(in thousands)	Pension Plans		Postretirement Medical			Total
Actuarial loss	$	3,603	$	783		$	4,386
Prior service cost (credit)		23		(1,293	)		(1,270	)
Total expected to be recognized during 2019	$	3,626	$	(510	)	$	3,116

Multiemployer Plans

Fiscal Year

(in thousands)

2018

2017

2016

Pension Protection Act Zone Status

Red

FIP or RP pending or implemented

Yes

Surcharge imposed

Yes

Contribution

763

800

728

Supplemental Savings Incentive Plan [Member]

Liability Under Executive Benefit Plans

The liability under this plan was as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	8,255	$	8,205
Noncurrent liabilities		73,524		74,958
Total liability - Supplemental Savings Incentive Plan	$	81,779	$	83,163

Long-Term Retention Plan [Member]

Liability Under Executive Benefit Plans

The liability under this plan was as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	42	$	3
Noncurrent liabilities		2,140		2,563
Total liability - Long-Term Retention Plan	$	2,182	$	2,566

Officer Retention Plan [Member]

Liability Under Executive Benefit Plans

The liability under this plan was as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	3,014	$	2,949
Noncurrent liabilities		42,179		42,694
Total liability - Officer Retention Plan	$	45,193	$	45,643

Long-Term Performance Plan [Member]

Liability Under Executive Benefit Plans

The liability under this plan was as follows:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current liabilities	$	5,234	$	5,561
Noncurrent liabilities		5,244		4,527
Total liability - Long-Term Performance Plan	$	10,478	$	10,088

Pension Plans [Member]

Anticipated Future Pension Benefit Payments

Cash Flows

(in thousands)	Anticipated Future Pension Benefit Payments for the Fiscal Years
2019	$	11,249
2020		11,976
2021		12,737
2022		13,518
2023		14,335
2024 – 2028		81,499

Postretirement Benefits [Member]

Anticipated Future Pension Benefit Payments

Cash Flows

(in thousands)	Anticipated Future Postretirement Benefit Payments Reflecting Expected Future Service
2019	$	3,219
2020		3,334
2021		3,568
2022		3,807
2023		3,849
2024 – 2028		22,222

Related Party Transactions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

The Coca-Cola Company [Member]

Summary of Significant Transactions between Company and The Coca-Cola Company

The following table and the subsequent descriptions summarize the significant transactions between the Company and The Coca‑Cola Company:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Payments made by the Company to The Coca-Cola Company for:
Concentrate, syrup, sweetener and other purchases	$	1,188,818	$	1,085,898	$	669,783
Customer marketing programs		145,019		139,542		116,537
Cold drink equipment parts		30,065		25,381		21,558
Glacéau distribution agreement consideration		-		15,598		-

Payments made by The Coca-Cola Company to the Company for:
Conversion of bottling agreements	$	-	$	91,450	$	-
Marketing funding support payments		86,483		83,177		73,513
Fountain delivery and equipment repair fees		40,023		35,335		27,624
Legacy Facilities Credit (excluding portion related to Mobile, Alabama facility)		1,320		30,647		-
Portion of Legacy Facilities Credit related to Mobile, Alabama facility		-		12,364		-
Facilitating the distribution of certain brands and packages to other Coca-Cola bottlers		9,683		10,474		7,193
Cold drink equipment		3,789		8,400		-
Presence marketing funding support on the Company’s behalf		8,311		4,843		2,064

CCR [Member]

Summary of Purchases and Sales Arrangements Between Related Parties

The following table summarizes purchases and sales under these arrangements between the Company and CCR prior to the closing of the October 2017 Transactions:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2017		2016
Purchases from CCR	$	114,891	$	269,575
Gross sales to CCR		76,718		72,568
Sales to CCR for transporting CCR's product		2,036		21,940

Schedule of Asset Purchase and Asset Exchange Transactions for the Acquisition and Exchange of Distribution Territories and Regional Manufacturing Facilities

the Company and CCR recently concluded a series of System Transformation Transactions involving several asset purchase and asset exchange transactions for the acquisition and exchange of the following distribution territories and regional manufacturing facilities:

Distribution Territories		Acquisition / Exchange Date
Johnson City and Morristown, Tennessee		May 23, 2014
Knoxville, Tennessee		October 24, 2014
Cleveland and Cookeville, Tennessee		January 30, 2015
Louisville, Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana		February 27, 2015
Paducah and Pikeville, Kentucky		May 1, 2015
Lexington, Kentucky for Jackson, Tennessee Exchange		May 1, 2015
Norfolk, Fredericksburg and Staunton, Virginia and Elizabeth City, North Carolina		October 30, 2015
Easton and Salisbury, Maryland and Richmond and Yorktown, Virginia		January 29, 2016
Alexandria, Virginia and Capitol Heights and La Plata, Maryland		April 1, 2016
Baltimore, Hagerstown and Cumberland, Maryland		April 29, 2016
Cincinnati, Dayton, Lima and Portsmouth, Ohio and Louisa, Kentucky		October 28, 2016
Anderson, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, South Bend and Terre Haute, Indiana		January 27, 2017
Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana and Columbus and Mansfield, Ohio		March 31, 2017
Akron, Elyria, Toledo, Willoughby and Youngstown, Ohio		April 28, 2017
Memphis, Tennessee		October 2, 2017
Little Rock and West Memphis, Arkansas for Leroy, Mobile and Robertsdale, Alabama, Panama City, Florida, Bainbridge, Columbus and Sylvester, Georgia, Ocean Springs, Mississippi and Somerset, Kentucky (as part of the CCR Exchange Transaction)		October 2, 2017

Manufacturing Plants		Acquisition / Exchange Date
Annapolis, Maryland Make-Ready Center		October 30, 2015
Sandston, Virginia		January 29, 2016
Silver Spring and Baltimore, Maryland		April 29, 2016
Cincinnati, Ohio		October 28, 2016
Indianapolis and Portland, Indiana		March 31, 2017
Twinsburg, Ohio		April 28, 2017
Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas for Mobile, Alabama (as part of the CCR Exchange Transaction)		October 2, 2017

Summary of Liability to Estimated Fair Value of Contingent Consideration

The following table summarizes the liability recorded by the Company to reflect the estimated fair value of contingent consideration related to future sub‑bottling payments to CCR:

(in thousands)	December 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration	$	32,993	$	23,339
Non-current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration		349,905		357,952
Total acquisition related contingent consideration	$	382,898	$	381,291

Beacon Investment Corporation [Member]

Minimum Rentals and Contingent Rental Payments

The minimum rentals and contingent rental payments related to this lease were as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Minimum rentals	$	3,511	$	3,509	$	3,526
Contingent rentals		927		877		767
Total rental payments	$	4,438	$	4,386	$	4,293

Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Computation of Basic Net Income (Loss) Per Share and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands, except per share data)	2018			2017		2016
Numerator for basic and diluted net income per Common Stock and Class B Common Stock share:
Net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.	$	(19,930	)	$	96,535	$	50,146
Less dividends:
Common Stock		7,141			7,141		7,141
Class B Common Stock		2,212			2,187		2,166
Total undistributed earnings (losses)	$	(29,283	)	$	87,207	$	40,839

Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – basic	$	(22,365	)	$	66,754	$	31,328
Class B Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – basic		(6,918	)		20,453		9,511
Total undistributed earnings (losses)	$	(29,283	)	$	87,207	$	40,839

Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted	$	(22,365	)	$	66,469	$	31,194
Class B Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted		(6,918	)		20,738		9,645
Total undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted	$	(29,283	)	$	87,207	$	40,839

Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Common Stock share:
Dividends on Common Stock	$	7,141		$	7,141	$	7,141
Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – basic		(22,365	)		66,754		31,328
Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Common Stock share	$	(15,224	)	$	73,895	$	38,469

Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Class B Common Stock share:
Dividends on Class B Common Stock	$	2,212		$	2,187	$	2,166
Class B Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – basic		(6,918	)		20,453		9,511
Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Class B Common Stock share	$	(4,706	)	$	22,640	$	11,677

Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Common Stock share:
Dividends on Common Stock	$	7,141		$	7,141	$	7,141
Dividends on Class B Common Stock assumed converted to Common Stock		2,212			2,187		2,166
Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted		(29,283	)		87,207		40,839
Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Common Stock share	$	(19,930	)	$	96,535	$	50,146

Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Class B Common Stock share:
Dividends on Class B Common Stock	$	2,212		$	2,187	$	2,166
Class B Common Stock undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted		(6,918	)		20,738		9,645
Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Class B Common Stock share	$	(4,706	)	$	22,925	$	11,811

Denominator for basic net income (loss) per Common Stock and Class B Common Stock share:
Common Stock weighted average shares outstanding – basic		7,141			7,141		7,141
Class B Common Stock weighted average shares outstanding – basic		2,209			2,188		2,168

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands, except per share data)	2018			2017		2016
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per Common Stock and Class B Common Stock share:
Common Stock weighted average shares outstanding – diluted (assumes conversion of Class B Common Stock to Common Stock)		9,350			9,369		9,349
Class B Common Stock weighted average shares outstanding – diluted		2,209			2,228		2,208

Basic net income (loss) per share:
Common Stock	$	(2.13	)	$	10.35	$	5.39
Class B Common Stock	$	(2.13	)	$	10.35	$	5.39

Diluted net income (loss) per share:
Common Stock	$	(2.13	)	$	10.30	$	5.36
Class B Common Stock	$	(2.13	)	$	10.29	$	5.35

NOTES TO TABLE

⁽¹⁾	For purposes of the diluted net income (loss) per share computation for Common Stock, all shares of Class B Common Stock are assumed to be converted; therefore, 100% of undistributed earnings (losses) is allocated to Common Stock.

⁽²⁾	For purposes of the diluted net income (loss) per share computation for Class B Common Stock, weighted average shares of Class B Common Stock are assumed to be outstanding for the entire period and not converted.

⁽³⁾	The denominator for diluted net income (loss) per share for Common Stock and Class B Common Stock includes the dilutive effect of shares relative to the Performance Unit Award Agreement.

⁽⁴⁾	The Company does not have anti-dilutive shares.

Risks and Uncertainties (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Risks And Uncertainties [Abstract]

Summary of Percentage of Total Bottle/Can Sales Volume and Percentage Total Net Sales to Its Largest Customers

The following table summarizes the percentage of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume to its largest customers, as well as the percentage of the Company’s total net sales, which are included in the Nonalcoholic Beverages segment, that such volume represents. No other customer represented greater than 10% of the Company’s total net sales for any years presented.

	Fiscal Year
	2018			2017			2016
Approximate percent of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.		19	%		19	%		20	%
The Kroger Company		11	%		10	%		6	%
Total approximate percent of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume		30	%		29	%		26	%

Approximate percent of the Company’s total net sales
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.		14	%		13	%		14	%
The Kroger Company		8	%		7	%		5	%
Total approximate percent of the Company’s total net sales		22	%		20	%		19	%

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Summary of Changes in Current Assets and Current Liabilities Affecting Cash Flows

Changes in current assets and current liabilities affecting cash were as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2016
Accounts receivable, trade, net	$	(39,333	)	$	(121,203	)	$	(83,204	)
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company		11,643			3,272			(31,231	)
Accounts receivable, other		8,467			(9,190	)		(5,723	)
Inventories		(26,415	)		2,527			(8,301	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		29,785			(22,870	)		2,277
Accounts payable, trade		(36,355	)		73,603			32,186
Accounts payable to The Coca-Cola Company		(36,095	)		33,757			39,842
Other accrued liabilities		62,892			31,525			6,474
Accrued compensation		(1,943	)		7,351			7,613
Accrued interest payable		967			1,487			158
Change in current assets less current liabilities (exclusive of acquisitions)	$	(26,387	)	$	259		$	(39,909	)

Net Cash Payments (Refunds) During the Period for Interest and Income Taxes

The Company had the following net cash payments (refunds) during the period for interest and income taxes:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017		2016
Interest	$	45,067		$	39,609	$	34,764
Income taxes		(36,991	)		30,965		(7,111	)

Significant Noncash Investing and Financing Activities

The Company had the following significant noncash investing and financing activities:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018		2017		2016
Additions to property, plant and equipment accrued and recorded in accounts payable, trade	$	13,675	$	22,329	$	15,704
Issuance of Class B Common Stock in connection with stock award		3,831		3,669		3,726
Estimated fair value related to the October 2017 Divestitures		-		151,434		-
Gain on acquisition of Southeastern Container preferred shares in CCR redistribution		-		6,012		-
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company for adjustments to the cash purchase price for the April 2017 Transactions		-		4,707		-
Capital lease obligations incurred		-		2,233		-

Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of Financial Information by Segment

The Company’s segment results are as follows:

	Fiscal Year
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2016
Net sales:
Nonalcoholic Beverages	$	4,512,318		$	4,206,927		$	3,034,654
All Other		358,625			301,801			234,732
Eliminations⁽¹⁾		(245,579	)		(221,140	)		(139,241	)
Consolidated net sales	$	4,625,364		$	4,287,588		$	3,130,145

Income from operations:
Nonalcoholic Beverages	$	45,519		$	90,143		$	126,570
All Other		12,383			11,404			4,629
Consolidated income from operations	$	57,902		$	101,547		$	131,199

Depreciation and amortization:
Nonalcoholic Beverages	$	177,448		$	160,524		$	109,716
All Other		9,808			8,317			6,907
Consolidated depreciation and amortization	$	187,256		$	168,841		$	116,623

⁽¹⁾	The entire net sales elimination for each period presented represents net sales from the All Other segment to the Nonalcoholic Beverages segment. Sales between these segments are recognized at either fair market value or cost depending on the nature of the transaction.

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Data

	Quarter Ended
(in thousands, except per share data)	April 1, 2018			July 1, 2018			September 30, 2018		December 30, 2018⁽¹⁾
Net sales	$	1,064,757		$	1,220,003		$	1,204,033	$	1,136,571
Gross profit		357,641			404,708			412,716		380,647
Income (loss) from operations		(18,997	)		19,679			44,404		12,816
Net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.		(14,185	)		(3,933	)		25,164		(26,976	)
Basic net income (loss) per share based on net income attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$	(1.52	)	$	(0.42	)	$	2.69	$	(2.88	)
Class B Common Stock	$	(1.52	)	$	(0.42	)	$	2.69	$	(2.88	)
Diluted net income (loss) per share based on net income attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$	(1.52	)	$	(0.42	)	$	2.69	$	(2.88	)
Class B Common Stock	$	(1.52	)	$	(0.42	)	$	2.68	$	(2.87	)

⁽¹⁾

	Quarter Ended
(in thousands, except per share data)	April 2, 2017			July 2, 2017		October 1, 2017		December 31, 2017
Net sales	$	857,593		$	1,159,804	$	1,152,561	$	1,117,630
Gross profit		323,912			405,691		400,359		374,905
Income from operations⁽¹⁾		14,950			48,655		37,472		470
Net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.		(5,051	)		6,348		17,316		77,922
Basic net income (loss) per share based on net income attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$	(0.54	)	$	0.68	$	1.86	$	8.35
Class B Common Stock	$	(0.54	)	$	0.68	$	1.86	$	8.35
Diluted net income (loss) per share based on net income attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.:
Common Stock	$	(0.54	)	$	0.68	$	1.85	$	8.31
Class B Common Stock	$	(0.54	)	$	0.67	$	1.84	$	8.32

⁽¹⁾

Additional Information for 2018:	Quarter Ended
(in thousands)	April 1, 2018			July 1, 2018			September 30, 2018			December 30, 2018
Pre-tax income/(expense) impact:
Expenses related to System Transformation Transactions	$	(12,450	)	$	(9,871	)	$	(10,417	)	$	(10,598	)
Gain on exchange transactions		-			-			10,170			-
Expenses related to workforce optimization		-			(4,810	)		-			(3,745	)

Additional Information for 2017:	Quarter Ended
(in thousands)	April 2, 2017			July 2, 2017			October 1, 2017			December 31, 2017
Pre-tax income/(expense) impact:
Expenses related to System Transformation Transactions	$	(7,652	)	$	(11,574	)	$	(13,148	)	$	(17,171	)
System Transformation Transactions settlement		-			(9,442	)		-			2,446
Gain on exchange transactions		-			-			-			529
Portion of Legacy Facilities Credit related to Mobile, Alabama facility		-			-			-			12,364
Acquisition of Southeastern Container preferred shares from CCR		-			-			-			6,012
Post-tax income/(expense) impact:
Tax Act		-			-			-			66,595

Summary of Impact to Net Sales and SD&A Expenses

A summary of the impact to net sales and SD&A expenses is as follows:

	Quarter
(in thousands)	First			Second			Third			Fourth
Impact to net sales and SD&A expenses in 2018	$	(7,307	)	$	(7,269	)	$	(7,628	)	$	-
Impact to net sales and SD&A expenses in 2017		(8,109	)		(9,487	)		(9,965	)		(8,519	)

Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2008 shares	Mar. 31, 2019 shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 02, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($) Segment Benefit_Plan Vote shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Jan. 01, 2017 USD ($) shares
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Bottle and can volume to retail customers							88.00%
Number of operating segments \| Segment							4
Number of additional operating segments do not meet quantitative thresholds for separate reporting \| Segment							3
Period of collection of trade account receivable							30 days
Amortization expenses of internal-use software \| $							$ 10,000	$ 11,900	$ 10,900
Percentage of maximum tax benefit							50.00%
Number of votes per share \| Vote							1
Percentage control of total voting power							86.00%
Class B Common Stock is convertible into Common Stock Ratio							one-for-one per share
Anti-dilutive shares \| shares							0	0	0
Cumulative effect adjustment increase in retained earnings \| $							$ 20,000
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Performance units authorized \| shares	400,000
Term of performance unit award agreement	10 years
Performance unit award agreement expiration period	2018
Final potential award issued based on the performence unit \| shares							36,800	40,000	40,000
Common B stock per performance unit \| shares	1
Maximum overall goal achievement factor	100.00%
Annual performance units granted \| shares	40,000
Number of votes per share \| Vote							20
Class B Common Stock [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Final potential award issued based on the performence unit \| shares		40,000
Selling Delivery and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Shipping and handling costs \| $							$ 610,700	$ 550,900	$ 395,400
Net Pension Activity [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of company-sponsored pension plans \| Benefit_Plan							2
Net periodic benefit cost \| $							$ 5,274	4,324	1,880
Non-service Cost Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Member] \| Other Expense [Member] \| ASU 2017-07 [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Net periodic benefit cost \| $			$ 1,300	$ 1,300	$ 1,300	$ 1,300
Non-service Cost Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Member] \| Other Expense [Member] \| Nonalcoholic Beverage Segment [Member] \| ASU 2017-07 [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Net periodic benefit cost \| $							$ 2,500
Non-service Cost Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost and Other Benefit Plan Charges [Member] \| Other Expense [Member] \| Nonalcoholic Beverage Segment [Member] \| ASU 2017-07 [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Net periodic benefit cost \| $								$ 5,400	$ 3,300
Distribution Rights [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life						40 years
Minimum [Member] \| Distribution Rights [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life							10 years
Minimum [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life							5 years
Maximum [Member] \| Class B Common Stock [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Final potential award issued based on the performence unit \| shares		40,000
Maximum [Member] \| Distribution Rights [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life							40 years
Maximum [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life							12 years

Revenue Recognition - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended							12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 02, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($) Category	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2017 USD ($)
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Description of payment from customers								within 30 days from the date of sale
Number of sales \| Category								2
Reserve for customer return								$ 2,300
Distribution Rights and Sponsorship Privileges [Member]
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Impact to net sales and SD&A expenses	$ (7,628)	$ (7,269)	$ (7,307)	$ (8,519)	$ (9,965)	$ (9,487)	$ (8,109)		$ 36,100	$ 26,300
Point in Time Net Sales [Member]
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Sales percentage								97.00%	97.00%	96.00%
Bottle/Can Sales [Member]
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Sales percentage								84.00%	84.00%	84.00%
Sparkling Beverage [Member] \| Bottle/Can Sales [Member]
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Sales percentage								62.00%	63.00%	66.00%
Post-Mix and Other [Member] \| Bottle/Can Sales [Member]
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Sales return estimated percentage								1.00%

Revenue Recognition - Schedule of Net Sales By Category (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 1,136,571	$ 1,204,033	$ 1,220,003	$ 1,064,757	$ 1,117,630	$ 1,152,561	$ 1,159,804	$ 857,593	$ 4,625,364	$ 4,287,588	$ 3,130,145
Bottle/Can Sales [Member]
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Net sales									3,866,704	3,580,924	2,634,342
Bottle/Can Sales [Member] \| Sparkling Beverages (Carbonated) [Member]
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Net sales									2,395,213	2,265,688	1,750,036
Bottle/Can Sales [Member] \| Still Beverages (Noncarbonated, Including Energy Products) [Member]
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Net sales									1,471,491	1,315,236	884,306
Other Sales [Member]
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Net sales									758,660	706,664	495,803
Other Sales [Member] \| Sales to Other Coca-Cola Bottlers [Member]
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Net sales									387,716	383,065	238,182
Other Sales [Member] \| Post-Mix and Other [Member]
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Line Items]
Net sales									$ 370,944	$ 323,599	$ 257,621

Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 1,136,571	$ 1,204,033	$ 1,220,003	$ 1,064,757	$ 1,117,630	$ 1,152,561	$ 1,159,804	$ 857,593	$ 4,625,364	$ 4,287,588	$ 3,130,145
Point in Time Net Sales [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales									4,467,945	4,169,910	3,008,643
Point in Time Net Sales [Member] \| Nonalcoholic Beverages [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales									4,467,945	4,169,910	3,008,643
Over Time Net Sales [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales									157,419	117,678	121,502
Over Time Net Sales [Member] \| Nonalcoholic Beverages [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales									44,373	37,017	26,011
Over Time Net Sales [Member] \| All Other - Over Time [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales									$ 113,046	$ 80,661	$ 95,491

Piedmont Coca-Cola Bottling Partnership - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Minority Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest income	$ 4,774,000	$ 6,312,000	$ 6,517,000
Noncontrolling interest	96,979,000	$ 92,205,000
Piedmont Coca-Cola Bottling Partnership [Member] \| Financing Agreement Provided from Company to Piedmont [Member]
Minority Interest [Line Items]
Finance under financial agreement	$ 100,000,000
Financial agreement expiration date	Dec. 31, 2019
Automatic renewal period of financial agreement	1 year
Period of prior written notice for cancellation	10 days
Subsidiary's intercompany interest rate over the Company's average rate	0.50%
Amounts outstanding under financing agreement with subsidiary	$ 0
Piedmont Coca-Cola Bottling Partnership [Member] \| Financing Agreement Provided form Piedmont to Company [Member]
Minority Interest [Line Items]
Financial agreement expiration date	Dec. 31, 2022
Automatic renewal period of financial agreement	1 year
Financing under agreement	$ 200,000,000
Revolving loan agreement maturity period	30 days
Interest rate percentage over revolving loan agreement	2.42%
Amount outstanding under financing agreement from subsidiary	$ 104,400,000
Piedmont Coca-Cola Bottling Partnership [Member]
Minority Interest [Line Items]
Minority interest	22.70%

Acquisitions and Divestitures - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2017	Apr. 28, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on exchange transactions								$ 10,170,000	$ 12,893,000	$ (692,000)
Final cash purchase price or settlement amount								$ (456,000)	265,060,000	$ 272,637,000
Amortization period of Legacy facilities credit as reduction to cost of sales								40 years
Transaction related expenses incurred									6,800,000
Legacy Facilities Credit [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amount of compensation paid				$ 44,300,000
Distribution Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life							40 years
CCR [Member] \| Legacy Facilities Credit [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization period of Legacy facilities credit as reduction to cost of sales								40 years
C C R Exchange Transaction And United Exchange Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on exchange transactions									500,000
Akron, Elyria, Toledo, Willoughby and Youngstown, Ohio Distribution Territories Acquisitions and Twinsburg, Ohio Regional Manufacturing Facility Acquisition [Member] \| CCR [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase		$ 87,900,000
Increase (decrease) cash purchase price						$ (4,700,000)
Final cash purchase price or settlement amount					$ 83,200,000
CCR Exchange Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase	$ 15,900,000
Final cash purchase price or settlement amount			$ 10,300,000	26,200,000
Effective date of business acquisition	Oct. 02, 2017
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes			3,500,000					$ 3,500,000
Memphis Territory [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase	$ 39,600,000
Increase (decrease) cash purchase price				2,600,000
Final cash purchase price or settlement amount				$ 42,200,000
Effective date of business acquisition	Oct. 02, 2017
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes			8,600,000					8,600,000
United Exchange Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase	$ 3,400,000
Increase (decrease) cash purchase price			2,800,000
Final cash purchase price or settlement amount			6,200,000
Effective date of business acquisition	Oct. 02, 2017
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes			2,700,000					2,700,000
Akron, Elyria, Toledo, Willoughby and Youngstown, Ohio and a regional manufacturing facility and related assets located in Twinsburg, Ohio
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes			11,400,000					11,400,000
January 2017 Transactions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes			0					0
March 2017 Transactions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill expected to be deductible for tax purposes			$ 0					$ 0
2017 Acquisition [Member] \| Distribution Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life								40 years
2017 Acquisition [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated useful life								12 years
Mobile, Alabama Facility [Member] \| CCR [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fee recognized from related party									$ 12,400,000

Acquisitions and Divestitures - Summary of Fair Value of Acquired Assets and Assumed Liabilities in 2017 of System Transformation Transactions, as of Acquisition Date (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 02, 2017	Apr. 28, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Jan. 27, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 165,903	$ 169,316					$ 144,586
Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)	32,993	23,339
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)	$ 349,905	357,952
Anderson, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, South Bend and Terre Haute, Indiana Expansion Territories Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash						$ 107
Inventories						5,953
Prepaid expenses and other current assets						1,155
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company						1,042
Property, plant and equipment						25,708
Other assets (including deferred taxes)						1,158
Goodwill						1,544
Total acquired assets						60,167
Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)						1,350
Other current liabilities						324
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)						26,377
Other liabilities						43
Total assumed liabilities						28,094
Anderson, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, South Bend and Terre Haute, Indiana Expansion Territories Acquisitions [Member] \| Distribution Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets						22,000
Anderson, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, South Bend and Terre Haute, Indiana Expansion Territories Acquisitions [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets						$ 1,500
Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus and Mansfield, Ohio regional manufacturing facilities and Indianapolis and Portland, Indiana Expansion Facilities Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash					$ 211
Inventories					20,952
Prepaid expenses and other current assets					5,117
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company					1,807
Property, plant and equipment					81,638
Other assets (including deferred taxes)					3,227
Goodwill					2,527
Total acquired assets					163,979
Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)					2,958
Other current liabilities					3,760
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)					49,739
Other liabilities					2,953
Total assumed liabilities					59,410
Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus and Mansfield, Ohio regional manufacturing facilities and Indianapolis and Portland, Indiana Expansion Facilities Acquisitions [Member] \| Distribution Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets					46,750
Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus and Mansfield, Ohio regional manufacturing facilities and Indianapolis and Portland, Indiana Expansion Facilities Acquisitions [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets					$ 1,750
Akron, Elyria, Toledo, Willoughby and Youngstown, Ohio Distribution Territories and Twinsburg, Ohio Regional Manufacturing Facility Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash				$ 103
Inventories				14,554
Prepaid expenses and other current assets				4,068
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company				2,552
Property, plant and equipment				52,263
Other assets (including deferred taxes)				3,960
Goodwill				16,941
Total acquired assets				114,941
Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)				1,475
Other current liabilities				2,860
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)				25,616
Other liabilities				1,792
Total assumed liabilities				31,743
Akron, Elyria, Toledo, Willoughby and Youngstown, Ohio Distribution Territories and Twinsburg, Ohio Regional Manufacturing Facility Acquisition [Member] \| Distribution Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets				19,500
Akron, Elyria, Toledo, Willoughby and Youngstown, Ohio Distribution Territories and Twinsburg, Ohio Regional Manufacturing Facility Acquisition [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets				$ 1,000
October 2017 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash			$ 191
Inventories			14,850
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			4,573
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company			1,447
Property, plant and equipment			71,589
Other assets (including deferred taxes)			1,300
Goodwill			11,442
Total acquired assets			239,792
Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)			1,501
Other current liabilities			8,311
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)			20,676
Other liabilities			102
Total assumed liabilities			30,590
October 2017 Acquisitions [Member] \| Distribution Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets			129,450
October 2017 Acquisitions [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets			$ 4,950
2017 System Transformation Transactions Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash		612
Inventories		56,309
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		14,913
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company		6,848
Property, plant and equipment		231,198
Other assets (including deferred taxes)		9,645
Goodwill		32,454
Total acquired assets		578,879
Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)		7,284
Other current liabilities		15,255
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)		122,408
Other liabilities		4,890
Total assumed liabilities		149,837
2017 System Transformation Transactions Acquisitions [Member] \| Distribution Agreements [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets		217,700
2017 System Transformation Transactions Acquisitions [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets		$ 9,200

Acquisitions and Divestitures - Summary of Fair Value of Acquired Assets and Assumed Liabilities as of Acquisition Dates (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 02, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 165,903	$ 169,316		$ 144,586
Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)	32,993	23,339
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)	$ 349,905	$ 357,952
CCR Exchange Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash			$ 91
Inventories			10,667
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			3,172
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company			674
Property, plant and equipment			47,484
Other assets (including deferred taxes)			753
Goodwill			3,546
Total acquired assets			149,687
Other current liabilities			3,497
Other liabilities			15
Total assumed liabilities			3,512
Memphis Territory [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash			100
Inventories			3,354
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			1,087
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company			563
Property, plant and equipment			21,321
Other assets (including deferred taxes)			547
Goodwill			5,199
Total acquired assets			68,771
Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)			1,501
Other current liabilities			4,323
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)			20,676
Other liabilities			87
Total assumed liabilities			26,587
United Exchange Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Inventories			829
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			314
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company			210
Property, plant and equipment			2,784
Goodwill			2,697
Total acquired assets			21,334
Other current liabilities			491
Total assumed liabilities			491
October 2017 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash			191
Inventories			14,850
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			4,573
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company			1,447
Property, plant and equipment			71,589
Other assets (including deferred taxes)			1,300
Goodwill			11,442
Total acquired assets			239,792
Current liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)			1,501
Other current liabilities			8,311
Other liabilities (acquisition related contingent consideration)			20,676
Other liabilities			102
Total assumed liabilities			30,590
Distribution Agreements [Member] \| CCR Exchange Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets			80,100
Distribution Agreements [Member] \| Memphis Territory [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets			35,400
Distribution Agreements [Member] \| United Exchange Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets			13,950
Distribution Agreements [Member] \| October 2017 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets			129,450
Customer Lists [Member] \| CCR Exchange Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets			3,200
Customer Lists [Member] \| Memphis Territory [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets			1,200
Customer Lists [Member] \| United Exchange Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets			550
Customer Lists [Member] \| October 2017 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets			$ 4,950

Acquisitions and Divestitures - Summary of Carrying Value of Divested Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - October 2017 Divestitures [Member] $ in Thousands	Oct. 02, 2017 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash	$ 303
Inventories	13,717
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	1,199
Property, plant and equipment	44,380
Other assets (including deferred taxes)	604
Goodwill	13,073
Distribution agreements	65,043
Total divested assets	138,319
Other current liabilities	5,683
Pension and postretirement benefit obligations	16,855
Total divested liabilities	$ 22,538

Acquisitions and Divestitures - Schedule of Consolidated Statement of Operations (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 1,136,571	$ 1,204,033	$ 1,220,003	$ 1,064,757	$ 1,117,630	$ 1,152,561	$ 1,159,804	$ 857,593	$ 4,625,364	$ 4,287,588	$ 3,130,145
Income from operations	$ 12,816	$ 44,404	$ 19,679	$ (18,997)	$ 470	$ 37,472	$ 48,655	$ 14,950	57,902	101,547	$ 131,199
2017 System Transformation Transactions Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales									1,191,468	740,259
Income from operations									25,460	10,754
2017 System Transformation Transactions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales									1,191,468	971,560
Income from operations									$ 25,460	33,727
October 2017 Divestitures [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales										231,301
Income from operations										$ 22,973

Acquisitions and Divestitures - Schedule of Unaudited Pro Forma Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Net Sales, Balance as reported	$ 1,136,571	$ 1,204,033	$ 1,220,003	$ 1,064,757	$ 1,117,630	$ 1,152,561	$ 1,159,804	$ 857,593	$ 4,625,364	$ 4,287,588	$ 3,130,145
Net Sales, Pro forma adjustments (unaudited)										231,183
Net Sales, Balance including pro forma adjustments (unaudited)										4,518,771
Income from Operations, Balance as reported	$ 12,816	$ 44,404	$ 19,679	$ (18,997)	$ 470	$ 37,472	$ 48,655	$ 14,950	$ 57,902	101,547	$ 131,199
Income from Operations, Pro forma adjustments (unaudited)										4,262
Income from Operations, Balance including pro forma adjustments (unaudited)										$ 105,809

Inventories - Summary of Inventories (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Finished products	$ 135,561	$ 116,354
Manufacturing materials	39,840	33,073
Plastic shells, plastic pallets and other inventories	34,632	34,191
Total inventories	$ 210,033	$ 183,618

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets - Summary of Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Prepaid Expense And Other Assets [Abstract]
Repair parts	$ 26,846	$ 30,530
Prepayments for sponsorship contracts	7,557	6,358
Current portion of income taxes	6,637	35,930
Prepaid software	6,553	5,855
Commodity hedges at fair market value		4,420
Other prepaid expenses and other current assets	23,087	17,553
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets	$ 70,680	$ 100,646

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Principal Categories and Estimated Useful Lives of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	$ 1,849,200	$ 1,798,824
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization	858,668	767,436
Property, plant and equipment, net	990,532	1,031,388
Land [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	78,242	78,825
Buildings [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	$ 218,846	211,308
Buildings [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	8 years
Buildings [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	50 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	$ 328,034	315,117
Machinery and Equipment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	5 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	20 years
Transportation Equipment [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	$ 372,895	351,479
Transportation Equipment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	4 years
Transportation Equipment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	20 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	$ 89,439	89,559
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	3 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	10 years
Cold Drink Dispensing Equipment [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	$ 491,161	488,208
Cold Drink Dispensing Equipment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	5 years
Cold Drink Dispensing Equipment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	17 years
Leasehold and Land Improvements [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	$ 132,837	125,348
Leasehold and Land Improvements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	5 years
Leasehold and Land Improvements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	20 years
Software for Internal Use [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	$ 122,604	113,490
Software for Internal Use [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	3 years
Software for Internal Use [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives	10 years
Construction in Progress [Member]
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	$ 15,142	$ 25,490

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]
Impairment expense	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

Leased Property Under Capital Leases - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Capital Leased Assets [Line Items]
Leased property under capital leases from related party transactions	$ 10.8
Minimum [Member] \| Assets Held under Capital Leases [Member]
Capital Leased Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of leased property under capital lease	10 years
Maximum [Member] \| Assets Held under Capital Leases [Member]
Capital Leased Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of leased property under capital lease	20 years

Leased Property Under Capital Leases - Leased Property Under Capital Leases (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Leases [Abstract]
Leased property under capital leases	$ 95,690	$ 95,870
Less: Accumulated depreciation	71,970	66,033
Leased property under capital leases, net	$ 23,720	$ 29,837

Goodwill - Schedule of Reconciliation of Activity for Goodwill (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Beginning balance - goodwill

$ 169,316

$ 144,586

Goodwill, 2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions

^[1]

35,867

Goodwill, Divestitures

(13,073)

Goodwill, Measurement period adjustments

^[2]

(3,413)

1,936

Ending balance - goodwill

$ 165,903

$ 169,316

[1]

[2]

Measurement period adjustments relate to post-closing adjustments made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable asset purchase agreement or asset exchange agreement for each System Transformation Transaction.

Goodwill - Schedule of Reconciliation of Activity for Goodwill (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
2017 System Transformation Transactions Acquisitions [Member]
Goodwill Disclosure [Line Items]
Increase in goodwill	$ 7.4

Goodwill - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Goodwill - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Impairment of the carrying value of goodwill	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

Distribution Agreements,Net - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 02, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of distribution agreements, net		$ 0
Distribution Agreements [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	40 years
Amortization expense for 2019		24,300,000
Amortization expense for 2020		24,300,000
Amortization expense for 2021		24,300,000
Amortization expense for 2022		24,300,000
Amortization expense for 2023		$ 24,300,000
Distribution Agreements [Member] \| Comprehensive Beverage Agreement [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful life		40 years
Distribution Agreements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful life		10 years
Distribution Agreements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful life		40 years

Distribution Agreements, Net - Other Identifiable Intangible Assets Net (Detail) - Distribution Agreements [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Distribution agreements at cost	$ 950,559	$ 939,527
Less: Accumulated amortization	50,176	26,175
Total other identifiable intangible assets, net	$ 900,383	$ 913,352	$ 234,988

Distribution Agreements, Net - Reconciliation of Activity for Other Identifiable Intangible Assets Net (Detail) - Distribution Agreements [Member] - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Total Other Identifiable Intangible Assets, Beginning Balance

$ 913,352

$ 234,988

Conversion to distribution rights from franchise rights

533,040

2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions

^[1]

213,000

October 2017 Divestitures

(65,043)

Measurement period adjustment

^[2]

4,700

16,000

Other distribution agreements

6,332

Additional accumulated amortization

(24,001)

(18,677)

Total Other Identifiable Intangible Assets, Ending Balance

$ 900,383

$ 913,352

[1]

[2]

Distribution Agreements, Net - Reconciliation of Activity for Other Identifiable Intangible Assets Net (Parenthetical) (Detail) - Distribution Agreements [Member] - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Increase in acquisitions for distribution territories and regional manufacturing facilities acquired

^[1]

$ 4,700

$ 16,000

2017 System Transformation Transactions Acquisitions [Member]

Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Increase in acquisitions for distribution territories and regional manufacturing facilities acquired

$ 51,500

[1]

Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets, Net - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Impairment of finite-lived identifiable intangible assets	$ 0
Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization expense for 2019	1,800,000
Amortization expense for 2020	1,800,000
Amortization expense for 2021	1,800,000
Amortization expense for 2022	1,800,000
Amortization expense for 2023	$ 1,800,000
Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	5 years
Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	12 years

Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets, Net - Other Identifiable Intangible Assets (Detail) - Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Other identifiable intangible assets, cost	$ 25,288	$ 25,288
Less: Accumulated amortization	8,806	6,968
Total other identifiable intangible assets, net	$ 16,482	$ 18,320	$ 10,427

Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets, Net - Reconciliation of Activity for Other Identifiable Intangible Assets (Detail) - Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets [Member] - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Total Other Identifiable Intangible Assets, Beginning Balance

$ 18,320

$ 10,427

2017 System Transformation Transactions acquisitions

^[1]

9,200

Measurement period adjustment

^[2]

150

Additional accumulated amortization

(1,838)

(1,457)

Total Other Identifiable Intangible Assets, Ending Balance

$ 16,482

$ 18,320

[1]

[2]

Customer Lists and Other Identifiable Intangible Assets, Net - Reconciliation of Activity for Other Identifiable Intangible Assets (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Customer Lists [Member] \| 2017 System Transformation Transactions Acquisitions [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Increase in acquisitions for expansion territories and expansion facilities acquired	$ 0.5

Other Accrued Liabilities - Summary of Other Accrued Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities Current [Abstract]

Checks and transfers yet to be presented for payment from zero balance cash accounts

$ 72,701

$ 37,262

Accrued insurance costs

37,916

35,433

Current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration

32,993

23,339

Accrued marketing costs

31,475

33,376

Employee and retiree benefit plan accruals

29,300

27,024

Commodity hedges at fair market value

10,305

Accrued taxes (other than income taxes)

4,577

6,391

Current deferred proceeds from Territory Conversion Fee

^[1]

2,286

All other accrued expenses

28,693

20,419

Total other accrued liabilities

$ 250,246

$ 185,530

[1]

Pursuant to a territory conversion agreement entered into by the Company, The CocaCola Company and CCR in September 2015 (as amended), upon the conversion of the Company’s then-existing bottling agreements to the CBA on March 31, 2017, the Company received a fee from CCR, which, after final adjustments made during the second quarter of 2017, totaled $91.5 million (the “Territory Conversion Fee”). The Territory Conversion Fee was recorded as a deferred liability and will be amortized as a reduction to cost of sales over a period of 40 years. The portion of the deferred liability that is expected to be amortized in the next twelve months was classified as current.

Other Accrued Liabilities - Summary of Other Accrued Liabilities (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018
Other Accrued Liablities [Line Items]
Amortization period as reduction to cost of sales		40 years
CCR [Member]
Other Accrued Liablities [Line Items]
Fee received pursuant to territory conversion agreement	$ 91.5

Debt - Summary of Debt (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Debt - Summary of Debt (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs	$ (2,958)	$ (3,580)
Total debt	1,104,403	1,088,018
Long-term debt	$ 1,104,403	1,088,018
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Non-public [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	Jun. 08, 2023
Line of credit	$ 80,000	207,000
Interest Rate, Term	Variable
Interest Paid	Varies
7.00% Senior Notes 4/15/2019 [Member] \| Public [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	Apr. 15, 2019
Interest Rate	7.00%
Senior Notes	$ 110,000	110,000
Unamortized discount on Senior Notes	$ (78)	(332)
Interest Paid	Semi-annually
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Non-public [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	Jun. 07, 2021
Term Loan Facility	$ 292,500	300,000
Interest Rate, Term	Variable
Interest Paid	Varies
3.28% Senior Notes 2/27/2023 [Member] \| Non-public [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	Feb. 27, 2023
Interest Rate	3.28%
Senior Notes	$ 125,000	125,000
Interest Paid	Semi-annually
3.80% Senior Notes 11/25/2025 [Member] \| Public [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	Nov. 25, 2025
Interest Rate	3.80%
Senior Notes	$ 350,000	350,000
Unamortized discount on Senior Notes	$ (61)	$ (70)
Interest Paid	Semi-annually
3.96% Senior Notes 3/21/2030 [Member] \| Non-public [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	Mar. 21, 2030
Interest Rate	3.96%
Senior Notes	$ 150,000
Interest Paid	Quarterly

Debt - Summary of Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail)	Dec. 30, 2018
7.00% Senior Notes 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes, issued at par percentage	98.238%
3.80% Senior Notes 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes, issued at par percentage	99.975%

Debt - Principal Maturities of Debt Outstanding (Detail) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Fiscal 2019	$ 140,000
Fiscal 2020	45,000
Fiscal 2021	217,500
Fiscal 2023	205,000
Thereafter	500,000
Total debt	$ 1,107,500

Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2018	Jun. 08, 2018	Mar. 21, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Feb. 28, 2017	Jun. 07, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Company's outstanding obligations for capital leases	$ 35,200,000			$ 43,500,000
Debt issued by subsidiaries	0
Guarantees of company debt	$ 0
Senior Unsecured Notes Due in 2030 [Member] \| NYL Investors LLC and Certain of Its Affiliates [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date of debt instruments	Mar. 21, 2030
Senior notes, face amount			$ 150,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate			3.96%
Debt instrument, frequency of periodic payment	quarterly
Senior Unsecured Notes Due in 2023 [Member] \| PGIM, Inc and Certain of Its Affiliates [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate maximum borrowing capacity					$ 175,000,000
Maturity date of debt instruments	Feb. 27, 2023
Senior notes, face amount					$ 125,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate					3.28%
Debt instrument, frequency of periodic payment	semi-annually
Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate maximum borrowing capacity						$ 500,000,000
Senior notes, face amount						$ 300,000,000
Period of unsecured term loan agreement	5 years
Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Non-public [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date of debt instruments	Jun. 07, 2021
Debt instrument, frequency of periodic payment	Varies
Remaining principal amount	$ 292,500,000			$ 300,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate maximum borrowing capacity		$ 500,000,000
Period of unsecured revolving credit agreement	5 years
Line of credit facility maximum borrowing capacity increased amount subject to obtaining commitments		$ 750,000,000
Maturity date of debt instruments	Jun. 08, 2023
Annual facility fee, percentage	0.15%

Derivative Financial Instruments - Summary of Pre-Tax Changes in Fair Value (Detail) - Commodity Contract [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Total gain (loss)	$ (14,725)	$ 3,130	$ 4,728
Cost of Sales [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Total gain (loss)	(10,376)	2,815	2,896
Selling, Delivery and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Total gain (loss)	$ (4,349)	$ 315	$ 1,832

Derivative Financial Instruments - Summary of Fair Values and Classification in Consolidated Balance Sheets of Derivative Instruments (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Assets:
Total assets		$ 4,420
Liabilities:
Total liabilities	$ 10,305
Commodity Contract [Member] \| Not Designated as Hedging Instruments [Member] \| Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member]
Assets:
Total assets		$ 4,420
Commodity Contract [Member] \| Not Designated as Hedging Instruments [Member] \| Other Accrued Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities:
Total liabilities	$ 10,305

Derivative Financial Instruments - Summary of Gross Derivative Assets and Gross Derivative Liabilities in Consolidated Balance Sheets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Gross derivative assets	$ 28,305	$ 4,481
Gross derivative liabilities	$ 38,610	$ 61

Derivative Financial Instruments - Summary of Outstanding Commodity Derivative Agreements (Detail) - Commodity Hedging Agreements [Member] - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Notional amount of outstanding commodity derivative agreements	$ 168,388,000	$ 59,564,000
Latest maturity date of outstanding commodity derivative agreements	2019-12	2018-12

Fair Values of Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 02, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value, Assets, Level 1 to Level 2 Transfers, Amount		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Fair Value, Assets, Level 2 to Level 1 Transfers, Amount		0	0	0
Fair Value, Liabilities, Level 1 to Level 2 Transfers, Amount		0	0	0
Fair Value, Liabilities, Level 2 to Level 1 Transfers, Amount		0	0	0
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfers, Net		0	0	0
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability, Transfers, Net		0	$ 0	$ 0
Amount payable annually under acquisition related contingent consideration arrangements, value, low		25,000,000
Amount payable annually under acquisition related contingent consideration arrangements, value, high		$ 48,000,000
Distribution Agreements [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	40 years
Distribution Agreements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Estimated useful life		40 years
Distribution Agreements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Estimated useful life		10 years

Fair Values of Financial Instruments - Deferred Compensation Plan Commodity Hedging Agreements and Acquisition Related Contingent Consideration (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Assets:
Commodity hedging agreements		$ 4,420
Liabilities:
Commodity hedging agreements	$ 10,305
Fair Value Level 1 [Member]
Assets:
Deferred compensation plan assets	33,160	33,166
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities	33,160	33,166
Fair Value Level 2 [Member]
Liabilities:
Non-public variable rate debt	372,500	507,000
Non-public fixed rate debt	261,200	126,400
Public debt securities	455,400	475,100
Fair Value Level 2 [Member] \| Commodity Contract [Member]
Assets:
Commodity hedging agreements		4,420
Liabilities:
Commodity hedging agreements	10,305
Fair Value Level 3 [Member]
Liabilities:
Acquisition related contingent consideration	382,898	381,291	$ 253,437
Carrying Amount [Member]
Assets:
Deferred compensation plan assets	33,160	33,166
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities	33,160	33,166
Non-public variable rate debt	372,074	506,398
Non-public fixed rate debt	274,717	124,829
Public debt securities	457,612	456,791
Acquisition related contingent consideration	382,898	381,291
Carrying Amount [Member] \| Commodity Contract [Member]
Assets:
Commodity hedging agreements		4,420
Liabilities:
Commodity hedging agreements	10,305
Total Fair Value [Member]
Assets:
Deferred compensation plan assets	33,160	33,166
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities	33,160	33,166
Non-public variable rate debt	372,500	507,000
Non-public fixed rate debt	261,200	126,400
Public debt securities	455,400	475,100
Acquisition related contingent consideration	382,898	381,291
Total Fair Value [Member] \| Commodity Contract [Member]
Assets:
Commodity hedging agreements		$ 4,420
Liabilities:
Commodity hedging agreements	$ 10,305

Fair Values of Financial Instruments - Summary of Reconciliation of Acquisition Related Contingent Consideration (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Jan. 01, 2017

Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]

Payment of acquisition related contingent consideration

$ 24,683

$ 16,738

$ 13,550

Unfavorable fair value adjustment

28,767

3,226

(1,910)

Level 3 [Member]

Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]

Opening balance - Level 3 liability

381,291

253,437

Measurement period adjustments

^[1]

813

14,826

Payment of acquisition related contingent consideration

(24,683)

(16,738)

Reclassification to current payables

(3,290)

(2,340)

Unfavorable fair value adjustment

28,767

3,226

Ending balance - Level 3 liability

$ 382,898

381,291

$ 253,437

Level 3 [Member] | System Transformation Transactions [Member]

Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]

Increase due to acquisitions

^[2]

$ 128,880

[1]

[2]

Fair Values of Financial Instruments - Summary of Reconciliation of Acquisition Related Contingent Consideration (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
System Transformation Transactions [Member]
Fair Value Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Increase in acquisition related contingent consideration	$ 62.5

Other Liabilities - Summary of Other Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]

Non-current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration

$ 349,905

$ 357,952

Accruals for executive benefit plans

126,103

125,791

Non-current deferred proceeds from Territory Conversion Fee

85,163

87,449

Non-current deferred proceeds from Legacy Facilities Credit

^[1]

30,369

29,881

Other

17,595

19,506

Total other liabilities

$ 609,135

$ 620,579

[1]

In December 2017, The CocaCola Company agreed to provide the Company the Legacy Facilities Credit, which, after final adjustments made during the third quarter of 2018, totaled $44.3 million. The Legacy Facilities Credit compensated the Company for the net economic impact of changes made by The CocaCola Company to the authorized pricing on sales of covered beverages produced at the regional manufacturing facilities owned by Company prior to the System Transformation and sold to The CocaCola Company and certain U.S. CocaCola bottlers pursuant to new pricing mechanisms included in the RMA. The Company immediately recognized the portion of the Legacy Facilities Credit applicable to a regional manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama which the Company transferred to CCR as part of the CCR Exchange Transaction. The remaining balance of the Legacy Facilities Credit will be amortized as a reduction to cost of sales over a period of 40 years.

Other Liabilities - Summary of Other Liabilities (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 30, 2018
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization period of Legacy facilities credit as reduction to cost of sales		40 years
Legacy Facilities Credit [Member]
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Line Items]
Amount of compensation paid	$ 44.3
CCR [Member] \| Legacy Facilities Credit [Member]
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization period of Legacy facilities credit as reduction to cost of sales		40 years

Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($) Product	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Product	Jan. 01, 2017 USD ($) Product
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Rental expense for noncancelable operating leases	$ 21,600,000	$ 18,700,000	$ 13,600,000
Letters of credit totaled	35,600,000	$ 35,600,000
Long-term marketing contractual arrangements	$ 173,900,000
SAC [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases of finished product obligated to purchase on an annual basis \| Product	17,500,000
Purchased number of cases finished product from SAC \| Product	29,200,000	29,900,000	29,900,000
Debt guarantee for related party	$ 23,900,000	$ 23,900,000
Guaranteed portion of SAC's and Southeastern's debt, collateral held	The Company holds no assets as collateral against the SAC guarantee
Impairment of investments	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Southeastern [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Purchase requirements of plastic bottles	80.00%

Commitments and Contingencies - Summary of Future Minimum Lease Payments Including Renewal Options for all Noncancelable Operating Leases and Capital Leases (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Capital Leases, 2019	$ 10,434
Capital Leases, 2020	10,613
Capital Leases, 2021	6,218
Capital Leases, 2022	2,697
Capital Leases, 2023	2,753
Capital Leases, Thereafter	8,106
Total Capital Leases including interest	40,821
Less: Amounts representing interest	5,573
Present value of minimum lease principal payments	35,248
Less: Current portion of principal payment obligations under capital leases	8,617	$ 8,221
Long-term portion of principal payment obligations under capital leases	26,631	$ 35,248
Operating Leases, 2019	14,146
Operating Leases, 2020	13,526
Operating Leases, 2021	12,568
Operating Leases, 2022	11,161
Operating Leases, 2023	10,055
Operating Leases, Thereafter	33,805
Total Operating Leases	95,261
Total Capital And Operating Leases [Member]
Total future minimum payments due in 2019	24,580
Total future minimum payments due in 2020	24,139
Total future minimum payments due in 2021	18,786
Total future minimum payments due in 2022	13,858
Total future minimum payments due in 2023	12,808
Total future minimum payments due, in Thereafter	41,911
Total minimum lease payments including interest	$ 136,082

Commitments and Contingencies - Summary of Company's Purchases from Manufacturing Cooperatives (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Total purchases from manufacturing cooperatives	$ 280,935	$ 257,039	$ 230,001
SAC [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Total purchases from manufacturing cooperatives	155,583	148,511	149,878
Southeastern [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Total purchases from manufacturing cooperatives	$ 125,352	$ 108,528	$ 80,123

Income Taxes - Significant Components of the Provision for Income Taxes (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Current:
Federal	$ (4,228)	$ 12,978	$ (6,920)
State	(3,269)	5,292	27
Total current provision (benefit)	(7,497)	18,270	(6,893)
Deferred:
Federal	5,701	(54,232)	39,644
State	3,665	(3,879)	3,298
Total deferred provision (benefit)	9,366	(58,111)	42,942
Income tax expense (benefit)	$ 1,869	$ (39,841)	$ 36,049

Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Income Tax [Line Items]
Effective income tax rate		(14.10%)	(63.20%)	38.90%
Effective income tax rate with noncontrolling interest		(10.30%)	(70.30%)	41.80%
Federal corporate tax rate		21.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, estimated impact one-time benefit within income tax expense (benefit)			$ 69,000,000
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, benefit partially offset and increase to valuation allowance			2,400,000
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, change in tax rate income tax benefit net			66,600,000
Provisional tax benefit related to re-measurement of net deferred tax liability	$ 1,900,000
Uncertain tax positions		$ 3,100,000	2,400,000
Uncertain tax positions that would affect tax rate		3,100,000	2,400,000
Change in uncertain tax positions, expected material impact on consolidated financial statements		0
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets		$ 5,899,000	$ 4,337,000
Earliest Tax Year [Member] \| Internal Revenue Service (IRS) [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Tax year open for examination		2002
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Net operating losses		$ 93,500,000
Net operating loss carryforwards expiration ending year		2038
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] \| Earliest Tax Year [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Tax year open for examination		1998
Federal Tax Authority [Member]
Income Tax [Line Items]
Net operating losses		$ 16,200,000

Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense (benefit) at Statutory Federal Rate to Actual Income Tax Expense (benefit) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Statutory (income) / expense	$ (2,790)	$ 22,052	$ 32,449
Nondeductible compensation	2,851	230	191
Meals, entertainment and travel expense	2,734	3,684	2,886
Adjustment for federal tax legislation	(1,989)	(69,014)
Valuation allowance change	1,566	2,718	(689)
Noncontrolling interest – Piedmont	(1,238)	(1,692)	(2,406)
Adjustment for uncertain tax positions	694	(521)	(43)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	(376)	2,029	3,243
Other, net	417	673	418
Income tax expense (benefit)	$ 1,869	$ (39,841)	$ 36,049
Statutory (income) / expense	21.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Nondeductible compensation	(21.50%)	0.40%	0.20%
Meals, entertainment and travel expense	(20.60%)	5.80%	3.00%
Adjustment for federal tax legislation	15.00%	(109.50%)
Valuation allowance change	(11.80%)	4.30%	(0.70%)
Noncontrolling interest – Piedmont	9.30%	(2.70%)	(2.60%)
Adjustment for uncertain tax positions	(5.20%)	(0.80%)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit	2.80%	3.20%	3.50%
Other, net	(3.10%)	1.10%	0.50%
Income tax expense (benefit)	(14.10%)	(63.20%)	38.90%

Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Uncertain Tax Positions Excluding Accrued Interest (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Gross uncertain tax positions at the beginning of the year	$ 2,286	$ 2,679	$ 2,633
Increase as a result of tax positions taken in the current period	571	966	687
Reduction as a result of the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations		(1,359)	(641)
Gross uncertain tax positions at the end of the year	$ 2,857	$ 2,286	$ 2,679

Income Taxes - Temporary Differences and Carryforwards that Comprised Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Acquisition related contingent consideration	$ 94,323	$ 94,055
Deferred compensation	26,154	27,097
Deferred revenue	25,027	18,704
Accrued liabilities	18,485	15,523
Postretirement benefits	13,843	16,443
Net operating loss carryforwards	7,628	1,923
Charitable contribution carryover	5,723	3,770
Pension (nonunion)	5,307	8,303
Transactional costs	5,291	5,733
Capital lease agreements	2,871	3,377
Pension (union)	1,724	1,922
Other	4,198	1,669
Deferred income tax assets	210,574	198,519
Less: Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets	5,899	4,337
Net deferred income tax asset	204,675	194,182
Intangible assets	(154,974)	(154,425)
Depreciation	(131,856)	(105,685)
Investment in Piedmont	(24,540)	(25,895)
Inventory	(10,553)	(9,781)
Prepaid expenses	(8,680)	(8,399)
Patronage dividend	(1,246)	(2,361)
Deferred income tax liabilities	(331,849)	(306,546)
Net deferred income tax liability	$ (127,174)	$ (112,364)

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Summary of Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	$ 458,907	$ 363,024	$ 322,432
Gains (Losses) During the Period, Pre-tax Activity	18,588	(13,015)	(18,929)
Gains (Losses) During the Period, Tax Effect	(4,573)	3,211	7,287
Reclassification to income, Pre-tax Activity	3,878	11,687	1,874
Reclassification to income, Tax Effect	(956)	(3,188)	(722)
Ending Balance	455,166	458,907	363,024
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	14	(11)	(5)
Reclassification to income, Pre-tax Activity	(19)	40	(11)
Reclassification to income, Tax Effect	5	(15)	5
Ending Balance		14	(11)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	(94,202)	(92,897)	(82,407)
Ending Balance	(77,265)	(94,202)	(92,897)
Net Pension Activity [Member] \| Actuarial Loss [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	(78,618)	(72,393)	(68,243)
Gains (Losses) During the Period, Pre-tax Activity	4,036	(11,219)	(9,777)
Gains (Losses) During the Period, Tax Effect	(993)	2,768	3,764
Reclassification to income, Pre-tax Activity	3,830	3,402	3,031
Reclassification to income, Tax Effect	(945)	(1,176)	(1,168)
Ending Balance	(72,690)	(78,618)	(72,393)
Net Pension Activity [Member] \| Prior Service Credits [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	(43)	(61)	(78)
Reclassification to income, Pre-tax Activity	25	28	28
Reclassification to income, Tax Effect	(6)	(10)	(11)
Ending Balance	(24)	(43)	(61)
Net Postretirement Benefits Activity [Member] \| October 2017 Divestitures [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	6,220
Reclassification to income, Pre-tax Activity		8,257
Reclassification to income, Tax Effect		(2,037)
Ending Balance	6,220	6,220
Net Postretirement Benefits Activity [Member] \| Actuarial Loss [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	(23,519)	(24,111)	(19,825)
Gains (Losses) During the Period, Pre-tax Activity	14,552	(1,796)	(9,152)
Gains (Losses) During the Period, Tax Effect	(3,580)	443	3,523
Reclassification to income, Pre-tax Activity	1,889	2,942	2,186
Reclassification to income, Tax Effect	(464)	(997)	(843)
Ending Balance	(11,122)	(23,519)	(24,111)
Net Postretirement Benefits Activity [Member] \| Prior Service Credits [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	1,744	3,679	5,744
Reclassification to income, Pre-tax Activity	(1,847)	(2,982)	(3,360)
Reclassification to income, Tax Effect	454	1,047	1,295
Ending Balance	$ 351	$ 1,744	$ 3,679

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) - Summary of Impact of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) on Income Statement (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Reclassification Adjustment Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Cost of sales									$ 3,069,652	$ 2,782,721	$ 1,940,706
SD&A expenses									1,497,810	1,403,320	1,058,240
Subtotal pre-tax									13,287	(63,006)	(92,712)
Income tax expense									(1,869)	39,841	(36,049)
Total after tax effect	$ 26,976	$ (25,164)	$ 3,933	$ 14,185	$ (77,922)	$ (17,316)	$ (6,348)	$ 5,051	19,930	(96,535)	(50,146)
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Cost of sales									893	368	157
SD&A expenses									2,984	3,062	1,717
Subtotal pre-tax									3,877	3,430	1,874
Income tax expense									955	1,151	722
Total after tax effect									2,922	2,279	1,152
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] \| Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
SD&A expenses									(19)	40	(11)
Subtotal pre-tax									(19)	40	(11)
Income tax expense									(5)	15	(5)
Total after tax effect									(14)	25	(6)
Net Pension Activity [Member] \| Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] \| Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment Attributable to Parent [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Cost of sales									886	377	331
SD&A expenses									2,968	3,053	2,728
Subtotal pre-tax									3,854	3,430	3,059
Income tax expense									950	1,186	1,179
Total after tax effect									2,904	2,244	1,880
Net Postretirement Benefits Activity [Member] \| Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] \| Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment Attributable to Parent [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Cost of sales									7	(9)	(174)
SD&A expenses									35	(31)	(1,000)
Subtotal pre-tax									42	(40)	(1,174)
Income tax expense									10	(50)	(452)
Total after tax effect									$ 32	$ 10	$ (722)

Capital Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2008	Mar. 31, 2019 shares	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($) Vote Stock $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 01, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Capital Transactions [Line Items]
Share based compensation			$ 5,606	$ 7,922	$ 7,154
Number of classes of common stock outstanding \| Stock			2
Dividend is declared and paid on the Common Stock \| $ / shares			$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Payment of dividend			$ 9,353	$ 9,328	$ 9,307
Number of votes per share \| Vote			1
Long-Term Performance Equity Plan [Member]
Capital Transactions [Line Items]
Award settled in cash or shares, average closing prices of shares during trading days of performance period			20 days
Long-Term Performance Equity Plan [Member] \| Selling Delivery and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Capital Transactions [Line Items]
Share based compensation			$ 2,000
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Capital Transactions [Line Items]
Final potential award issued based on the performence unit \| shares			36,800	40,000	40,000
Performance unit award agreement expiration period	2018
Dividend is declared and paid on the Common Stock \| $ / shares			$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Number of votes per share \| Vote			20
Class B Common Stock [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
Capital Transactions [Line Items]
Final potential award issued based on the performence unit \| shares		40,000

Capital Transactions - Summary of the Awards Each Year (Detail) - Class B Common Stock [Member] - shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items]
Date of approval for award	Mar. 06, 2018	Mar. 07, 2017	Mar. 08, 2016
Fiscal year of service covered by award	2017	2016	2015
Shares settled in cash	16,504	18,980	19,080
Increase in Class B Common Stock shares outstanding	20,296	21,020	20,920
Total Class B Common Stock awarded	36,800	40,000	40,000

Capital Transactions - Summary of Compensation Expense for the Awards Issued Pursuant to the Performance Unit Award Agreement (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Statement Of Stockholders Equity [Abstract]
Total compensation expense	$ 5,606	$ 7,922	$ 7,154
Share price for compensation expense	$ 179.55	$ 215.26	$ 178.85
Share price date for compensation expense	Dec. 28, 2018	Dec. 29, 2017	Dec. 30, 2016

Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($) Benefit_Plan Security	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2017 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Accumulated benefit obligation	$ 279,000	$ 303,900
Debt securities comprised number of institutional bond \| Security	2
Weighted average duration of institutional bond	3 years
Plan assets at fair value	$ 255,389	$ 257,790
Multiemployer plans status green zone minimum funded percentage	80.00%
Multiemployer plans listing in pension funds minimum contribution reckoning percent	5.00%
Multiemployer pension plan withdrawing liability recorded	$ 6,900
Multiemployer pension plan withdrawing annual payment amount	$ 1,000
Rehabilitation Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Multiemployer pension plan Rehabilitation Plan adoption effective date	Jan. 01, 2015
Collective bargaining agreement, effective date	Apr. 28, 2014
Employer-Teamsters and Pension Trust Fund [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Multiemployer plans collective bargaining remainder of arrangements, expiration date	Jul. 31, 2021
401(k) Savings Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Company maximum contribution percentage under plan	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%
Cost recognized	$ 21,200	$ 18,400	$ 14,900
Equity Securities [Member] \| Fair Value Level 1 [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Plan assets at fair value	$ 800	$ 700
Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Weighted average duration of cash and cash equivalents	3 months
Executive Benefit Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of executive benefit plans \| Benefit_Plan	4
Supplemental Savings Incentive Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Company contributions vesting period	5 years
Company maximum contribution percentage under plan	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Company actual contribution percentage under plan	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Participant contributions percentage under plan	6.00%	6.00%	6.00%
Long-Term Retention Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Vested percentage until age 51 under plan	50.00%
Age vesting percentage increases	51 years
Annual vested percentage increase under plan beginning at age 51	5.00%
Fully vested age	60 years
Annuity to eligible participants installment payment period one	10 years
Annuity to eligible participants installment payment period two	15 years
Annuity to eligible participants installment payment period three	20 years
Officer Retention Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Vested percentage until age 51 under plan	50.00%
Age vesting percentage increases	51 years
Annual vested percentage increase under plan beginning at age 51	5.00%
Fully vested age	60 years
Annuity to eligible participants installment payment period one	10 years
Annuity to eligible participants installment payment period two	15 years
Annuity to eligible participants installment payment period three	20 years
Pension Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of company-sponsored pension plans \| Benefit_Plan	2
Benefit pension plan, contributions	$ 11,249
Plan assets at fair value	256,168	$ 258,513	$ 228,256
Pension Plans [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Benefit pension plan, contributions	1,000
Pension Plans [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Benefit pension plan, contributions	$ 2,000

Benefit Plans - Liability Under Executive Benefit Plans (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Current liabilities	$ 29,300	$ 27,024
Supplemental Savings Incentive Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Current liabilities	8,255	8,205
Noncurrent liabilities	73,524	74,958
Total liability	81,779	83,163
Long-Term Retention Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Current liabilities	42	3
Noncurrent liabilities	2,140	2,563
Total liability	2,182	2,566
Officer Retention Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Current liabilities	3,014	2,949
Noncurrent liabilities	42,179	42,694
Total liability	45,193	45,643
Long-Term Performance Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Current liabilities	5,234	5,561
Noncurrent liabilities	5,244	4,527
Total liability	$ 10,478	$ 10,088

Benefit Plans - Changes in Projected Benefit Obligation (Detail) - Pension Plans [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$ 303,918	$ 273,148
Service cost	5,484	2,553	$ 461
Interest cost	11,350	11,938	12,182
Actuarial (gain) / loss	(29,692)	27,388
Benefits paid	(12,103)	(11,109)
Benefit obligation at end of year	$ 278,957	$ 303,918	$ 273,148

Benefit Plans - Change in Plan Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$ 257,790
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	255,389	$ 257,790
Pension Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	258,513	228,256
Actual return on plan assets	(10,242)	29,766
Employer contributions	20,000	11,600
Benefits paid	(12,103)	(11,109)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$ 256,168	$ 258,513

Benefit Plans - Funded Status (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Plan assets at fair value	$ 255,389	$ 257,790
Noncurrent liabilities	85,682	118,392
Pension Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Projected benefit obligation	(278,957)	(303,918)	$ (273,148)
Plan assets at fair value	256,168	258,513	228,256
Net funded status	(22,789)	(45,405)
Noncurrent liabilities	22,789	45,405
Total liability - postretirement benefits	22,789	45,405
Postretirement Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Projected benefit obligation	(64,461)	(76,665)	(85,255)
Plan assets at fair value	0	0	$ 0
Current liabilities	3,219	3,678
Noncurrent liabilities	61,242	72,987
Total liability - postretirement benefits	$ 64,461	$ 76,665

Benefit Plans - Amounts Recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Noncurrent liabilities	$ (85,682)	$ (118,392)
Pension Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Noncurrent liabilities	(22,789)	(45,405)
Total liability - pension plans	$ (22,789)	$ (45,405)

Benefit Plans - Net Periodic Pension Cost (Benefit) (Detail) - Pension Plans [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	$ 5,484	$ 2,553	$ 461
Interest cost	11,350	11,938	12,182
Expected return on plan assets	(15,415)	(13,597)	(13,822)
Recognized net actuarial loss	3,830	3,402	3,031
Amortization of prior service cost	25	28	28
Net periodic pension cost (benefit)	$ 5,274	$ 4,324	$ 1,880

Benefit Plans - Significant Assumptions Used (Detail)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Jan. 01, 2017

Net periodic pension cost for the fiscal year:

Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

^[1]

5.00%

Primary Plan [Member]

Net periodic pension cost for the fiscal year:

Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

5.00%

Bargaining Plan [Member]

Net periodic pension cost for the fiscal year:

Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

5.25%

Postretirement Benefits [Member]

Projected benefit obligation at the measurement date:

Discount rate

4.41%

3.72%

4.36%

Net periodic pension cost for the fiscal year:

Discount rate

3.72%

4.36%

4.53%

Pre Medicare [Member]

Postretirement benefit expense - Pre-Medicare:

Weighted average healthcare cost trend rate

7.82%

6.94%

6.20%

Trend rate graded down to ultimate rate

4.50%

Ultimate rate year

2025

2024

Post Medicare [Member]

Postretirement benefit expense - Pre-Medicare:

Weighted average healthcare cost trend rate

7.74%

8.07%

7.50%

Trend rate graded down to ultimate rate

4.50%

Ultimate rate year

2025

2024

Pension Plans [Member]

Projected benefit obligation at the measurement date:

Weighted average rate of compensation increase

0.00%

Net periodic pension cost for the fiscal year:

Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

^[2]

6.00%

6.50%

Weighted average rate of compensation increase

0.00%

Pension Plans [Member] | Primary Plan [Member]

Projected benefit obligation at the measurement date:

Discount rate

4.47%

3.80%

4.44%

Net periodic pension cost for the fiscal year:

Discount rate

3.80%

4.44%

4.72%

Pension Plans [Member] | Bargaining Plan [Member]

Projected benefit obligation at the measurement date:

Discount rate

4.63%

3.90%

4.49%

Net periodic pension cost for the fiscal year:

Discount rate

3.90%

4.49%

4.72%

[1]

The weighted average expected long-term rate of return of plan assets is 5.0% for the Primary Plan and 5.25% for the Bargaining Plan.

[2]

Benefit Plans - Anticipated Future Pension Benefit Payments (Detail) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Pension Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
2019	$ 11,249
2020	11,976
2021	12,737
2022	13,518
2023	14,335
2024 – 2028	81,499
Postretirement Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
2019	3,219
2020	3,334
2021	3,568
2022	3,807
2023	3,849
2024 – 2028	$ 22,222

Benefit Plans - Expected Weighted Average Long-Term Rate of Return (Detail)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Target Allocation 2019

100.00%

Percentage of Plan Assets at Fiscal Year-End

100.00%

Weighted Average Expected Long-Term Rate of Return - 2018

^[1]

5.00%

Debt Securities [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Target Allocation 2019

65.00%

Percentage of Plan Assets at Fiscal Year-End

64.00%

39.00%

Weighted Average Expected Long-Term Rate of Return - 2018

^[1]

2.50%

U.S. Equity Securities [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Target Allocation 2019

25.00%

Percentage of Plan Assets at Fiscal Year-End

25.00%

46.00%

Weighted Average Expected Long-Term Rate of Return - 2018

^[1]

1.80%

International Equity Securities [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Target Allocation 2019

10.00%

Percentage of Plan Assets at Fiscal Year-End

9.00%

15.00%

Weighted Average Expected Long-Term Rate of Return - 2018

^[1]

0.70%

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Target Allocation 2019

0.00%

Percentage of Plan Assets at Fiscal Year-End

2.00%

0.00%

Weighted Average Expected Long-Term Rate of Return - 2018

^[1]

0.00%

[1]	The weighted average expected long-term rate of return of plan assets is 5.0% for the Primary Plan and 5.25% for the Bargaining Plan.

Benefit Plans - Expected Weighted Average Long-Term Rate of Return (Parenthetical) (Detail)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

5.00%

^[1]

Primary Plan [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

5.00%

Bargaining Plan [Member]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Weighted average expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

5.25%

[1]	The weighted average expected long-term rate of return of plan assets is 5.0% for the Primary Plan and 5.25% for the Bargaining Plan.

Benefit Plans - Summary of Common/Collective Trust Fund Pension Plan Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total common/collective trust funds	$ 255,389	$ 257,790
Common/Collective Trust Funds - Fixed Income [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total common/collective trust funds	164,307	100,500
Common/Collective Trust Funds - Equity Securities [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total common/collective trust funds	86,107	$ 157,290
Common/Collective Trust Funds - Cash Equivalents [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Total common/collective trust funds	$ 4,975

Benefit Plans - Reconciliation of Benefit Obligation (Detail) - Postretirement Benefits [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$ 76,665	$ 85,255
Service cost	1,854	2,232	$ 1,567
Interest cost	2,694	3,636	3,094
Plan participants’ contributions	776	752
Actuarial (gain) / loss	(14,552)	1,796
Benefits paid	(3,042)	(2,994)
Medicare Part D subsidy reimbursement	66	37
Acquisition of benefits		3,291
Divestiture of benefits related to the October 2017 Divestitures		(17,340)
Benefit obligation at end of year	$ 64,461	$ 76,665	$ 85,255

Benefit Plans - Reconciliation of Plan Assets Fair Value (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$ 257,790
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	255,389	$ 257,790
Postretirement Benefits [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	0	0
Employer contributions	2,200	2,205
Plan participants’ contributions	776	752
Benefits paid	(3,042)	(2,994)
Medicare Part D subsidy reimbursement	66	37
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$ 0	$ 0

Benefit Plans - Components of Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost (Detail) - Net Postretirement Benefits Activity [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Service cost	$ 1,854	$ 2,232	$ 1,567
Interest cost	2,694	3,636	3,094
Recognized net actuarial loss	1,889	2,942	2,186
Amortization of prior service cost	(1,847)	(2,982)	(3,360)
Net periodic pension cost (benefit)	$ 4,590	$ 5,828	$ 3,487

Benefit Plans - A 1% Increase or Decrease in Annual Healthcare Cost (Detail) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Postretirement benefit obligation 1% Increase	$ 7,878
Postretirement benefit obligation 1% Decrease	(6,993)
Service cost and interest cost 1% Increase	590
Service cost and interest cost 1% Decrease	$ (525)

Benefit Plans - Reconciliation of Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss That Have Not Yet Been Recognized as Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Detail) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Actuarial gain (loss)	$ 18,588
Net periodic benefit cost, beginning balance	(155,493)
Reclassification Adjustments, Net periodic benefit cost	3,897
Net periodic benefit cost, ending balance	(133,008)
Pension Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Actuarial gain (loss), beginning balance	(127,461)
Actuarial gain (loss)	4,036
Reclassification Adjustments, Actuarial gain (loss)	3,830
Actuarial gain (loss), ending balance	(119,595)
Prior service (cost) credit, beginning balance	(73)
Reclassification Adjustments, Prior service (cost) credit	25
Prior service (cost) credit, ending balance	(48)
Postretirement Medical [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Actuarial gain (loss), beginning balance	(39,356)
Actuarial gain (loss)	14,552
Reclassification Adjustments, Actuarial gain (loss)	1,889
Actuarial gain (loss), ending balance	(22,915)
Prior service (cost) credit, beginning balance	3,140
Reclassification Adjustments, Prior service (cost) credit	(1,847)
Prior service (cost) credit, ending balance	1,293
Postretirement Medical [Member] \| October 2017 Divestitures [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Recognized loss due to the divestitures, beginning balance	8,257
Recognized loss due to the divestitures, ending balance	$ 8,257

Benefit Plans - Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Expected to be Recognized as Components of Net Periodic Pension Costs or Postretirement Benefits Costs in 2016 (Detail) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Actuarial loss	$ 4,386
Prior service cost (credit)	(1,270)
Total expected to be recognized	3,116
Pension Plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Actuarial loss	3,603
Prior service cost (credit)	23
Total expected to be recognized	3,626
Postretirement Medical [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Actuarial loss	783
Prior service cost (credit)	(1,293)
Total expected to be recognized	$ (510)

Benefit Plans - Multiemployer Plans (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Multiemployer Plans [Line Items]
Pension trust fund, Contribution	$ 763	$ 800	$ 728
Employer-Teamsters and Pension Trust Fund [Member]
Multiemployer Plans [Line Items]
Pension Trust Fund	Red	Red	Red
Pension trust fund FIP/RP Status pending/implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented
Pension trust fund, Surcharge imposed	Yes	Yes	Yes

Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 02, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 02, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2017 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payment of acquisition related contingent consideration					$ 24,683	$ 16,738	$ 13,550
Payment to The Coca-Cola Company						15,598
Territory conversion fee equivalent to EBITDA							0.5
Amortization period as reduction to cost of sales					40 years
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company	$ 44,915				$ 44,915	65,996
Principal balance outstanding under capital lease	$ 35,200				$ 35,200	43,500
Legacy Facilities Credit [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount of compensation paid		$ 44,300
Glaceau Distribution Termination Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payment to The Coca-Cola Company				$ 15,600
The Coca-Cola Company [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of interest held in outstanding common stock by The Coca-Cola Company	27.00%				27.00%
Voting power of stock held by related party	5.00%				5.00%
Payment to The Coca-Cola Company						15,598
Harrison Family [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Voting power of stock held by related party	86.00%				86.00%
CCR [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fee received pursuant to territory conversion agreement			$ 91,500
CCR [Member] \| Legacy Facilities Credit [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amortization period as reduction to cost of sales					40 years
CCR [Member] \| Mobile, Alabama Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fee recognized from related party						12,400
CCR [Member] \| Comprehensive Beverage Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payment of acquisition related contingent consideration					$ 24,700	16,700	$ 13,500
SAC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity investments	$ 8,200				8,200
Proceeds from management fees received from SAC					9,000	9,100	9,000
Southeastern [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity investments						23,600
Southeastern [Member] \| Other Expense, Net [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Increase in investment						6,000
CCBSS [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company	10,400				10,400	11,200
Administrative fees due to CCBSS					2,800	2,300	1,300
CONA [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity investments	8,000				8,000
Service fees					$ 21,500	12,600
CONA [Member] \| Selling Delivery and Administrative Expenses [Member] \| Out of Period Adjustment [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Out of period adjustment to correct understated expense	6,900
Beacon Investment Corporation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease expiration date					Dec. 31, 2021
Principal balance outstanding under capital lease	9,900				$ 9,900	12,800
HLP, SPC & Adjacent Sales Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Lease expiration date					Dec. 31, 2020
Principal balance outstanding under capital lease	$ 8,100				$ 8,100	11,600
Rental payments related to the lease					$ 4,200	$ 4,100	$ 4,000

Related Party Transactions - Summary of Significant Transactions between Company and The Coca-Cola Company (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Glacéau distribution agreement consideration		$ 15,598
Legacy Facilities Credit (excluding portion related to Mobile, Alabama facility)	$ 1,320	30,647
Portion of Legacy Facilities Credit related to Mobile, Alabama facility		12,364
Cold drink equipment	3,789	8,400
The Coca-Cola Company [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Concentrate, syrup, sweetener and other purchases	1,188,818	1,085,898	$ 669,783
Customer marketing programs	145,019	139,542	116,537
Cold drink equipment parts	30,065	25,381	21,558
Glacéau distribution agreement consideration		15,598
Conversion of bottling agreements		91,450
Marketing funding support payments	86,483	83,177	73,513
Fountain delivery and equipment repair fees	40,023	35,335	27,624
Legacy Facilities Credit (excluding portion related to Mobile, Alabama facility)	1,320	30,647
Portion of Legacy Facilities Credit related to Mobile, Alabama facility		12,364
Facilitating the distribution of certain brands and packages to other Coca-Cola bottlers	9,683	10,474	7,193
Cold drink equipment	3,789	8,400
Presence marketing funding support on the Company’s behalf	$ 8,311	$ 4,843	$ 2,064

Related Party Transactions - Summarizes Purchases and Sales Arrangements between the Company and CCR (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases from	$ 280,935	$ 257,039	$ 230,001
CCR [Member] \| Transportation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sales to		2,036	21,940
CCR [Member] \| Production Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchases from		114,891	269,575
Gross sales to		$ 76,718	$ 72,568

Related Party Transactions - Schedule of Asset Purchase and Asset Exchange Transactions for the Acquisition and Exchange of Distribution Territories and Regional Manufacturing Facilities (Detail) - CCR [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016	Dec. 28, 2014
Johnson City and Morristown Tennessee [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date				May 23, 2014
Knoxville, Tennessee [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date				Oct. 24, 2014
Cleveland and Cookeville Tennessee [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date			Jan. 30, 2015
Louisville, Kentucky and Evansville, Indiana [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date			Feb. 27, 2015
Paducah and Pikeville, Kentucky [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date			May 01, 2015
Lexington, Kentucky for Jackson, Tennessee Exchange [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date			May 01, 2015
Norfolk, Fredericksburg and Staunton, Virginia and Elizabeth City, North Carolina [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date			Oct. 30, 2015
Easton and Salisbury, Maryland and Richmond and Yorktown, Virginia [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date		Jan. 29, 2016
Alexandria, Virginia and Capitol Heights and La Plata, Maryland [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date		Apr. 01, 2016
Baltimore Hagerstown and Cumberland, Maryland [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date		Apr. 29, 2016
Cincinnati, Dayton, Lima and Portsmouth, Ohio and Louisa, Kentucky [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date		Oct. 28, 2016
Anderson Fort Wayne Lafayette South Bend And Terre Haute Indiana Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date	Jan. 27, 2017
Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana and Columbus and Mansfield, Ohio [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date	Mar. 31, 2017
Akron, Elyria, Toledo, Willoughby and Youngstown, Ohio [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date	Apr. 28, 2017
Memphis, Tennessee [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date	Oct. 02, 2017
Little Rock and West Memphis, Arkansas for Leroy, Mobile and Robertsdale, Alabama, Panama City, Florida, Bainbridge, Columbus and Sylvester, Georgia, Ocean Springs, Mississippi and Somerset, Kentucky Exchange Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date	Oct. 02, 2017
Annapolis, Maryland Make-Ready Center [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date			Oct. 30, 2015
Sandston, Virginia [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date		Jan. 29, 2016
Silver Spring and Baltimore, Maryland [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date		Apr. 29, 2016
Cincinnati, Ohio [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date		Oct. 28, 2016
Indianapolis and Portland, Indiana [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date	Mar. 31, 2017
Expansion Facilities Twinsburg, Ohio [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date	Apr. 28, 2017
Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas for Mobile, Alabama Exchange Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition / Exchange Date	Oct. 02, 2017

Related Party Transactions - Summary of Liability to Estimated Fair Value of Contingent Consideration (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration	$ 32,993	$ 23,339
Non-current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration	349,905	357,952
CCR [Member] \| Comprehensive Beverage Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration	32,993	23,339
Non-current portion of acquisition related contingent consideration	349,905	357,952
Total acquisition related contingent consideration	$ 382,898	$ 381,291

Related Party Transactions - Minimum Rentals and Contingent Rental Payments (Detail) - Beacon Investment Corporation [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Minimum rentals	$ 3,511	$ 3,509	$ 3,526
Contingent rentals	927	877	767
Total rental payments	$ 4,438	$ 4,386	$ 4,293

- Definition

The increases or decreases in lease payments that result from changes occurring after the inception of the lease in the factors (other than the passage of time) on which lease payments are based, except that any escalation of minimum lease payments relating to increases in construction or acquisition cost of the leased property or for increases in some measure of cost or value during the construction or preconstruction period, are excluded from contingent rentals. Contingent rentals also may include amounts for which the triggering events have not yet occurred or the specified targets for which have not yet been achieved (such as sales based percentage rent), but which events are considered probable of occurring or which specified targets are considered probable of being achieved.

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Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Computation of Basic Net Income (Loss) Per Share and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Numerator for basic and diluted net income per Common Stock and Class B Common Stock share:
Net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.	$ (26,976)	$ 25,164	$ (3,933)	$ (14,185)	$ 77,922	$ 17,316	$ 6,348	$ (5,051)	$ (19,930)	$ 96,535	$ 50,146
Less dividends:
Dividends on Common Stock									7,141	7,141	7,141
Total undistributed earnings (losses) - basic									(29,283)	87,207	40,839
Total undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted									(29,283)	87,207	40,839
Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Common Stock share:
Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Common Stock share									(15,224)	73,895	38,469
Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Common Stock share:
Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Common Stock share									$ (19,930)	$ 96,535	$ 50,146
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per Common share:
Weighted average number of Common Stock shares outstanding									7,141	7,141	7,141
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per Common share:
Weighted average number of Common Stock shares outstanding – assuming dilution									9,350	9,369	9,349
Basic net income (loss) per share:
Common Stock	$ (2.88)	$ 2.69	$ (0.42)	$ (1.52)	$ 8.35	$ 1.86	$ 0.68	$ (0.54)	$ (2.13)	$ 10.35	$ 5.39
Diluted net income (loss) per share:
Common Stock	(2.88)	2.69	(0.42)	(1.52)	8.31	1.85	0.68	(0.54)	$ (2.13)	$ 10.30	$ 5.36
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Less dividends:
Dividends on Common Stock									$ 2,212	$ 2,187	$ 2,166
Total undistributed earnings (losses) - basic									(6,918)	20,453	9,511
Total undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted									(6,918)	20,738	9,645
Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Common Stock share:
Numerator for basic net income (loss) per Common Stock share									(4,706)	22,640	11,677
Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Common Stock share:
Numerator for diluted net income (loss) per Common Stock share									$ (4,706)	$ 22,925	$ 11,811
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per Common share:
Weighted average number of Common Stock shares outstanding									2,209	2,188	2,168
Denominator for diluted net income (loss) per Common share:
Weighted average number of Common Stock shares outstanding – assuming dilution									2,209	2,228	2,208
Basic net income (loss) per share:
Common Stock	(2.88)	2.69	(0.42)	(1.52)	8.35	1.86	0.68	(0.54)	$ (2.13)	$ 10.35	$ 5.39
Diluted net income (loss) per share:
Common Stock	$ (2.87)	$ 2.68	$ (0.42)	$ (1.52)	$ 8.32	$ 1.84	$ 0.67	$ (0.54)	$ (2.13)	$ 10.29	$ 5.35
Common Stock [Member]
Less dividends:
Total undistributed earnings (losses) - basic									$ (22,365)	$ 66,754	$ 31,328
Total undistributed earnings (losses) – diluted									$ (22,365)	$ 66,469	$ 31,194

Net Income (Loss) Per Share - Computation of Basic Net Income (Loss) Per Share and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share (Parenthetical) (Detail) - shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Percentage undistributed earnings (losses) allocated to common stock diluted	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Anti-dilutive shares	0	0	0

Risks and Uncertainties - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018 Customer Supplier Entity	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of domestic supplier of aluminum cans \| Supplier	2
Number of entities in which reporting entity is shareholder and purchases all plastic bottles \| Entity	2
Coke Bottle Can Sales Volume Product [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage of related party products volume to customers	88.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of customers other than major customers representing more than ten percent of sales \| Customer	0
Concentration risk, percentage	22.00%	20.00%	19.00%
Collective Bargaining Agreements [Member] \| Labor Force Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	15.00%
Collective Bargaining Agreements [Member] \| Labor Force Concentration Risk [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Multi-employer plans collective bargaining arrangements, expiration term	3 years
Collective Bargaining Agreements [Member] \| Labor Force Concentration Risk [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Multi-employer plans collective bargaining arrangements, expiration term	5 years

Risks and Uncertainties - Summary of Percentage of Total Bottle/Can Sales Volume and Percentage Total Net Sales to Its Largest Customers (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Coke Bottle Can Sales Volume Product [Member] \| Product Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	30.00%	29.00%	26.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	22.00%	20.00%	19.00%
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. [Member] \| Coke Bottle Can Sales Volume Product [Member] \| Product Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	19.00%	19.00%	20.00%
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	14.00%	13.00%	14.00%
The Kroger Company [Member] \| Coke Bottle Can Sales Volume Product [Member] \| Product Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	11.00%	10.00%	6.00%
The Kroger Company [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	8.00%	7.00%	5.00%

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information - Summary of Changes in Current Assets and Current Liabilities Affecting Cash Flows (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]
Accounts receivable, trade, net	$ (39,333)	$ (121,203)	$ (83,204)
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company	11,643	3,272	(31,231)
Accounts receivable, other	8,467	(9,190)	(5,723)
Inventories	(26,415)	2,527	(8,301)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	29,785	(22,870)	2,277
Accounts payable, trade	(36,355)	73,603	32,186
Accounts payable to The Coca-Cola Company	(36,095)	33,757	39,842
Other accrued liabilities	62,892	31,525	6,474
Accrued compensation	(1,943)	7,351	7,613
Accrued interest payable	967	1,487	158
Change in current assets less current liabilities (exclusive of acquisitions)	$ (26,387)	$ 259	$ (39,909)

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information - Net Cash Payments (Refunds) During the Period for Interest and Income Taxes (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]
Interest	$ 45,067	$ 39,609	$ 34,764
Income taxes	$ (36,991)	$ 30,965	$ (7,111)

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information - Significant Noncash Investing and Financing Activities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Noncash Investing And Financing Activities [Line Items]
Additions to property, plant and equipment accrued and recorded in accounts payable, trade	$ 13,675	$ 22,329	$ 15,704
Estimated fair value related to the October 2017 Divestitures		151,434
Gain on acquisition of Southeastern Container preferred shares in CCR redistribution		6,012
Accounts receivable from The Coca-Cola Company for adjustments to the cash purchase price for the April 2017 Transactions		4,707
Capital lease obligations incurred		2,233
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Noncash Investing And Financing Activities [Line Items]
Issuance of Class B Common Stock in connection with stock award	$ 3,831	$ 3,669	$ 3,726

Segments - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Segments - Additional Information (Detail)	Dec. 30, 2018 Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments	4
All Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments	3

Segments - Summary of Financial Information by Segment (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Sep. 30, 2018

Jul. 01, 2018

Apr. 01, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Oct. 01, 2017

Jul. 02, 2017

Apr. 02, 2017

Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Jan. 01, 2017

Net sales:

Net sales

$ 1,136,571

$ 1,204,033

$ 1,220,003

$ 1,064,757

$ 1,117,630

$ 1,152,561

$ 1,159,804

$ 857,593

$ 4,625,364

$ 4,287,588

$ 3,130,145

Income from operations:

Income from operations

$ 12,816

$ 44,404

$ 19,679

$ (18,997)

$ 470

$ 37,472

$ 48,655

$ 14,950

57,902

101,547

131,199

Depreciation and amortization:

Depreciation and Amortization

187,256

168,841

116,623

Operating Segments [Member] | Nonalcoholic Beverages [Member]

Net sales:

Net sales

4,512,318

4,206,927

3,034,654

Income from operations:

Income from operations

45,519

90,143

126,570

Depreciation and amortization:

Depreciation and Amortization

177,448

160,524

109,716

Operating Segments [Member] | All Other [Member]

Net sales:

Net sales

358,625

301,801

234,732

Income from operations:

Income from operations

12,383

11,404

4,629

Depreciation and amortization:

Depreciation and Amortization

9,808

8,317

6,907

Eliminations [Member]

Net sales:

Net sales

^[1]

$ (245,579)

$ (221,140)

$ (139,241)

[1]	The entire net sales elimination for each period presented represents net sales from the All Other segment to the Nonalcoholic Beverages segment. Sales between these segments are recognized at either fair market value or cost depending on the nature of the transaction.

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) - Schedule of Quarterly Financial Data (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Net sales	$ 1,136,571	$ 1,204,033	$ 1,220,003	$ 1,064,757	$ 1,117,630	$ 1,152,561	$ 1,159,804	$ 857,593	$ 4,625,364	$ 4,287,588	$ 3,130,145
Gross profit	380,647	412,716	404,708	357,641	374,905	400,359	405,691	323,912	1,555,712	1,504,867	1,189,439
Income from operations	12,816	44,404	19,679	(18,997)	470	37,472	48,655	14,950	57,902	101,547	131,199
Net income (loss) attributable to Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.	$ (26,976)	$ 25,164	$ (3,933)	$ (14,185)	$ 77,922	$ 17,316	$ 6,348	$ (5,051)	$ (19,930)	$ 96,535	$ 50,146
Common Stock	$ (2.88)	$ 2.69	$ (0.42)	$ (1.52)	$ 8.35	$ 1.86	$ 0.68	$ (0.54)	$ (2.13)	$ 10.35	$ 5.39
Common Stock	(2.88)	2.69	(0.42)	(1.52)	8.31	1.85	0.68	(0.54)	(2.13)	10.30	5.36
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Common Stock	(2.88)	2.69	(0.42)	(1.52)	8.35	1.86	0.68	(0.54)	(2.13)	10.35	5.39
Common Stock	$ (2.87)	$ 2.68	$ (0.42)	$ (1.52)	$ 8.32	$ 1.84	$ 0.67	$ (0.54)	$ (2.13)	$ 10.29	$ 5.35

- Definition

The amount of net income (loss) for the period per each share of common stock or unit outstanding during the reporting period.

+ References

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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) - Schedule of Quarterly Financial Data (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017
Selling Delivery and Administrative Expenses [Member] \| Out of Period Adjustment [Member] \| CONA [Member]
Out-of-period adjustment to correct understated expense	$ 6.9
Other Expense [Member] \| Non-service Cost Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost [Member] \| ASU 2017-07 [Member]
Net periodic benefit cost		$ 1.3	$ 1.3	$ 1.3	$ 1.3

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) - Summary of Impact to Net Sales and SD&A Expenses (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended							12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017
Distribution Rights and Sponsorship Privileges [Member]
Impact to net sales and SD&A expenses	$ (7,628)	$ (7,269)	$ (7,307)	$ (8,519)	$ (9,965)	$ (9,487)	$ (8,109)	$ 36,100	$ 26,300

Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) - Schedule of Quarterly Financial Data - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 01, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Jul. 02, 2017	Apr. 02, 2017
Expenses Related to System Transformation Transactions [Member]
Pre-tax income/(expense) impact	$ (10,598)	$ (10,417)	$ (9,871)	$ (12,450)	$ (17,171)	$ (13,148)	$ (11,574)	$ (7,652)
Exchange Transaction [Member]
Pre-tax income/(expense) impact		$ 10,170			529
Expenses Related to Workforce Optimization [Member]
Pre-tax income/(expense) impact	$ (3,745)		$ (4,810)
System Transformation Transactions Settlement Impact [Member]
Pre-tax income/(expense) impact					2,446		$ (9,442)
Portion of Legacy Facilities Credit Related to Mobile, Alabama Facility Impact [Member]
Pre-tax income/(expense) impact					12,364
Acquisition of Southeastern Container Preferred Shares from CCR impact [Member]
Pre-tax income/(expense) impact					6,012
Tax Act Impact [Member]
Post-tax income/(expense) impact					$ 66,595

Subsequent Event - Additional Information (Detail) - Senior Unsecured Notes Due in 2026 [Member] - Subsequent Event [Member] - Confirmation of Acceptance [Member] - MetLife Investment Advisors, LLC and Certain of Its Affiliates [Member]	Feb. 05, 2019 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Senior notes, face amount	$ 100,000,000
Debt instrument, interest rate	3.93%
Maturity date of debt instruments	Oct. 10, 2026
Debt instrument, frequency of periodic payment	quarterly
Aggregate maximum additional borrowing capacity	$ 200,000,000

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 31, 2017

Jan. 01, 2017

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Member]

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]

Balance at beginning of year

$ 7,606

$ 4,448

$ 2,117

Additions charged to costs and expenses

9,964

4,464

2,534

Deductions

8,429

1,306

203

Balance at end of year

9,141

7,606

4,448

Deferred Income Tax Valuation Allowance [Member]

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Line Items]

Balance at beginning of year

4,337

1,618

2,307

Adjustment for federal tax legislation

^[1]

2,419

Additions charged to costs and expenses

1,562

877

Deductions credited to expense

577

689

Balance at end of year

$ 5,899

$ 4,337

$ 1,618

[1]	In 2017, the Company increased its valuation allowance as a result of the deductibility of certain deferred compensation based on the current interpretation of the Tax Act.