Central Garden & Pet Company Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Schedule of Error Corrections for Consolidating Condensed Balance Sheet to Present Results for Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries (Detail)

Schedule of Error Corrections for Consolidating Condensed Balance Sheet to Present Results for Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 28, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014	Mar. 29, 2014	Sep. 28, 2013
Total current assets	$ 786,870us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	$ 671,552us-gaap_AssetsCurrent	$ 812,753us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Total assets	1,273,008us-gaap_Assets	1,148,727us-gaap_Assets	1,294,347us-gaap_Assets
Current liabilities	223,552us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	173,098us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent	223,341us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Total equity	489,983	486,453	485,504	470,024
Parent [Member]
Total current assets	226,888	234,270	235,807
Total assets	1,380,484	1,322,878	1,328,386
Current liabilities	86,597	63,349	81,860
Total equity	489,186	484,723	484,301
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Total current assets	41,738	37,100	47,509
Total assets	49,327	44,993	53,706
Current liabilities	13,026	5,410	16,189
Total equity	(13,816)	(5,431)	(7,843)
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Total current assets	518,244	400,182	529,437
Total assets	1,204,805	1,143,692	1,134,159
Current liabilities	123,929	104,339	125,292
Total equity	1,017,970	982,980	956,387
Eliminations [Member]
Total current assets	0	0	0
Total assets	(1,361,608)	(1,362,836)	(1,221,904)
Current liabilities	0	0	0
Total equity	(1,003,357)	(975,819)	(947,341)
As Previously Reported [Member]
Total current assets			812,753
Total assets			1,294,347
Current liabilities			223,341
Total equity			485,504
As Previously Reported [Member] \| Parent [Member]
Total current assets			288,510
Total assets			1,165,145
Current liabilities			99,258
Total equity			485,504
As Previously Reported [Member] \| Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Total current assets			0
Total assets			0
Current liabilities			0
Total equity			0
As Previously Reported [Member] \| Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Total current assets			532,265
Total assets			878,709
Current liabilities			132,105
Total equity			741,485
As Previously Reported [Member] \| Eliminations [Member]
Total current assets			(8,022)
Total assets			(749,507)
Current liabilities			(8,022)
Total equity			(741,485)
Adjustments [Member]
Total current assets			0
Total assets			0
Current liabilities			0
Total equity			0
Adjustments [Member] \| Parent [Member]
Total current assets			(52,703)
Total assets			163,241
Current liabilities			(17,398)
Total equity			(1,203)
Adjustments [Member] \| Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Total current assets			47,509
Total assets			53,706
Current liabilities			16,189
Total equity			(7,843)
Adjustments [Member] \| Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Total current assets			(2,828)
Total assets			255,450
Current liabilities			(6,813)
Total equity			214,902
Adjustments [Member] \| Eliminations [Member]
Total current assets			8,022
Total assets			(472,397)
Current liabilities			8,022
Total equity			$ (205,856)