Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2013

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information, By Segment



	in millions
	Chicken		Beef		Pork		Prepared Foods		International			Other			Intersegment Sales			Consolidated
Fiscal year ended September 28, 2013
Sales	$	10,988	$	14,400	$	5,408	$	3,322	$	1,324		$	46		$	(1,114	)	$	34,374
Operating Income	683		296		332		101		(37		)	—						1,375
Total Other (Income) Expense																		118
Income from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes																		1,257
Depreciation	251		87		30		61		40			5						474
Total Assets	4,944		2,798		931		1,176		876			1,452						12,177
Additions to property, plant and equipment	253		105		22		87		58			33						558
Fiscal year ended September 29, 2012
Sales	$	10,270	$	13,755	$	5,510	$	3,237	$	1,104		$	167		$	(988	)	$	33,055
Operating Income (Loss)	554		218		417		181		(70		)	(14		)				1,286
Total Other (Income) Expense																		321
Income from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes																		965
Depreciation	228		86		30		54		40			5						443
Total Assets	4,934		2,634		895		960		968			1,505						11,896
Additions to property, plant and equipment	354		100		32		99		97			8						690
Fiscal year ended October 1, 2011
Sales	$	9,810	$	13,549	$	5,460	$	3,215	$	978		$	127		$	(1,107	)	$	32,032
Operating Income (Loss)	189		468		560		117		(21		)	(24		)				1,289
Total Other (Income) Expense																		211
Income from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes																		1,078
Depreciation	226		84		28		58		33			4						433
Total Assets	4,593		2,610		960		943		819			1,146						11,071
Additions to property, plant and equipment	381		88		27		58		83			6						643

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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