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Segment Reporting (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Oct. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2015 USD ($) Segments	Sep. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2013 USD ($)	Aug. 28, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of segments | Segments									4
Goodwill	$ 6,667				$ 6,706				$ 6,667	$ 6,706	$ 1,902
Sales	10,506	$ 10,071	$ 9,979	$ 10,817	10,105	$ 9,682	$ 9,032	$ 8,761	41,373	37,580	$ 34,374
UNITED STATES
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	17,400				17,400				17,400	17,400
UNITED STATES | Long-Lived Assets Excluding Goodwill and Intangibles [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	5,600				5,400				5,600	5,400
Other than the United States [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	191				324				191	324
Other than the United States [Member] | Long-Lived Assets Excluding Goodwill and Intangibles [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	165				272				$ 165	$ 272
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration, Percentage									16.80%	14.60%	13.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] | UNITED STATES
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration, Percentage									97.00%	96.00%	96.00%
Export sales [Member] | UNITED STATES
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									$ 4,100	$ 4,700	$ 4,200
Chicken [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill	1,563				907				1,563	907	908
Beef [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill	676				563				676	563	563
Pork [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill	423				317				423	317	317
Prepared Foods [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill	4,005				92				4,005	92	75
Intersegment Sales [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									(1,216)	(1,325)	(1,114)
Intersegment Sales [Member] | Chicken [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									18	7	16
Intersegment Sales [Member] | Beef [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									351	307	226
Intersegment Sales [Member] | Pork [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales									847	1,000	$ 872
Hillshire Brands Company [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs	$ 8	$ 16	$ 14	$ 19					$ 47	59
Goodwill					$ 4,800					$ 4,800		$ 4,790
Hillshire Brands Company [Member] | Chicken [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill												658
Hillshire Brands Company [Member] | Beef [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill												113
Hillshire Brands Company [Member] | Pork [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill												106
Hillshire Brands Company [Member] | Prepared Foods [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill												$ 3,913
Maximum [Member] | Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] | Other than the United States [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration, Percentage									10.00%	10.00%	10.00%

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