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Segment Reporting | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting | SEGMENT REPORTING We operate in four reportable segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. We measure segment profit as operating income (loss). Other primarily includes our foreign chicken production operations in China and India, third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead related to Tyson New Ventures, LLC. On June 7, 2017, we acquired AdvancePierre, a producer and distributor of value-added, convenient, ready-to-eat sandwiches, sandwich components and other entrées and snacks. On November 10, 2017, we acquired a value-added protein business. The results from operations subsequent to the acquisition closings are included in the Prepared Foods and Chicken segments. Beef: Beef includes our operations related to processing live fed cattle and fabricating dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts and case-ready products. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes sales from allied products such as hides and variety meats, as well as logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Pork: Pork includes our operations related to processing live market hogs and fabricating pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes our live swine group, related allied product processing activities and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. Chicken: Chicken includes our domestic operations related to raising and processing live chickens into, and purchasing raw materials for, fresh, frozen and value-added chicken products, as well as sales from allied products. Our value-added chicken products primarily include breaded chicken strips, nuggets, patties and other ready-to-fix or fully cooked chicken parts. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes logistics operations to move products through our domestic supply chain and the global operations of our chicken breeding stock subsidiary. Prepared Foods: Prepared Foods includes our operations related to manufacturing and marketing frozen and refrigerated food products and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. This segment includes brands such as Jimmy Dean®, Hillshire Farm®, Ball Park®, Wright®, State Fair®, Van's®, Sara Lee® and Chef Pierre®, as well as artisanal brands Aidells®, Gallo Salame®, and Golden Island®. Products primarily include ready-to-eat sandwiches, sandwich components such as flame-grilled hamburgers and Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, pizza crusts and toppings, flour and corn tortilla products, desserts, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, soups, sauces, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks and processed meats. Products are marketed domestically to food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. We allocate expenses related to corporate activities to the segments, except for third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead related to Tyson New Ventures, LLC, which are included in Other. Information on segments and a reconciliation to income before income taxes are as follows (in millions):
| Three Months Ended
| December 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Sales: |  |  |
Beef | $ | 3,886 |  |  | $ | 3,528 |
Pork | 1,283 |  |  | 1,252 |
Chicken | 2,997 |  |  | 2,706 |
Prepared Foods | 2,292 |  |  | 1,895 |
Other | 88 |  |  | 90 |
Intersegment sales | (317 | ) |  | (289 | )
Total sales | $ | 10,229 |  |  | $ | 9,182 |
Operating income (loss): |  |  |
Beef | $ | 256 |  |  | $ | 299 |
Pork | 151 |  |  | 247 |
Chicken | 272 |  |  | 263 |
Prepared Foods | 261 |  |  | 190 |
Other | (13 | ) | (a) | (17 | )
Total operating income | 927 |  |  | 982 |
Total other (income) expense | 85 |  |  | 70 |
Income before income taxes | $ | 842 |  |  | $ | 912 |
(a) Other operating loss includes third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead of Tyson New Ventures, LLC of $4 million and $7 million for the three months ended December 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, respectively. The Beef segment had sales of $94 million and $72 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. The Pork segment had sales of $201 million and $210 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. The Chicken segment had sales of $22 million and $7 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively, from transactions with other operating segments of the Company. The aforementioned sales from intersegment transactions, which were at market prices, were included in the segment sales in the above table.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
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