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Transactions With Related Parties	12 Months Ended
Transactions With Related Parties	Oct. 01, 2016
Related Party Transaction, Due from (to) Related Party [Abstract]
Transactions With Related Parties	TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES We have operating leases for two wastewater facilities with an entity owned by the Donald J. Tyson Revocable Trust (for which Mr. John Tyson, Chairman of the Company, is a trustee), Berry Street Waste Water Treatment Plant, LP (90% of which is owned by TLP), and the sisters of Mr. Tyson. Total payments of approximately $1 million in each of fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014 were paid to lease the facilities. In fiscal 2014, we purchased real estate from JHT, LLC, for $0.5 million to build a new data center. JHT, LLC (for which Mr. John Tyson is the manager), is owned 50% by the Donald J. Tyson Revocable Trust and 50% by the Randal W. Tyson Testamentary Trust. As of October 1, 2016, the TLP, of which John Tyson and director Barbara Tyson are general partners, owned 70 million shares, or 99.985% of our outstanding Class B stock and, along with the members of the Tyson family, owned 6.0 million shares of Class A stock, giving it control of approximately 71.18% of the total voting power of our outstanding voting stock.