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Business Segment And Geographic Reporting
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 26, 2011
Business Segment And Geographic Reporting  
Business Segment And Geographic Reporting

19. BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC REPORTING

We operate in one reportable business segment, as a producer and seller of chicken products we either produce or purchase for resale in the US, Puerto Rico and Mexico. We conduct separate operations in the US, Puerto Rico and Mexico; however, for geographic reporting purposes, we include Puerto Rico with our US operations. Corporate expenses are allocated to Mexico based upon various apportionment methods for specific expenditures incurred related thereto with the remaining amounts allocated to the US.

 

Net sales to customers and long-lived assets are as follows:

 

     Thirteen Weeks Ended      Twenty-Six Weeks Ended  
     June 26,
2011		      June 27, 2010      June 26,
2011		      June 27,
2010		  
     (In thousands)      (In thousands)  

Net sales to customers:

            

United States

    $ 1,724,835       $ 1,546,975       $ 3,435,114       $ 3,042,589   

Mexico

    $ 197,855         160,593         380,052         307,897   
                                   

Net sales to customers

    $ 1,922,690       $ 1,707,568       $ 3,815,166       $ 3,350,486   
                                   
     June 26,
2011		      December 26,
2010		                
     (In thousands)                

Long-lived assets(a):

           

United States

    $ 1,279,737       $ 1,278,100         

Mexico

      78,641         80,036         
                       

Total long-lived assets

    $ 1,358,378       $ 1,358,136         
                       

(a) For this disclosure, we exclude financial instruments, deferred tax assets and intangible assets in accordance with ASC 280-10-50-41, Segment Reporting. Long-lived assets, as used in ASC 280-10-50-41, implies hard assets that cannot be readily removed.