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EXIT OR DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 24, 2012
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block] | Specific exit or disposal efforts that were ongoing during either the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June24,2012 or the thirteen and twenty-six weeks ended June26,2011included the following:
|  |  |  |  | Administrative |  |  |
|  | Facility Closures(a) |  | Integration(b) |  | Total
|  | (In thousands, except positions eliminated)
Earliest implementation date |  |  | October2008 |  |  | January2010 |  |  |
Latest expected completion date |  |  | September2014 |  |  | March2012 |  |  |
Positions eliminated |  |  | 2,410 |  |  | 480 |  |  | 2,890
Costs expected to be incurred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-related costs |  | $ | 3,170 |  | $ | 14,578 |  | $ | 17,748
Asset impairment costs |  |  | 17,902 |  |  | 32,530 |  |  | 50,432
Inventory valuation costs |  |  | 850 |  |  | — |  |  | 850
Other exit or disposal costs |  |  | 19,433 |  |  | — |  |  | 19,433
Total exit or disposal costs |  | $ | 41,355 |  | $ | 47,108 |  | $ | 88,463
Costs incurred since inception: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-related costs |  | $ | 3,170 |  | $ | 14,578 |  | $ | 17,748
Asset impairment costs |  |  | 17,902 |  |  | 32,530 |  |  | 50,432
Inventory valuation costs |  |  | 850 |  |  | — |  |  | 850
Other exit or disposal costs |  |  | 7,181 |  |  | — |  |  | 7,181
Total exit or disposal costs |  | $ | 29,103 |  | $ | 47,108 |  | $ | 76,211
|  | Thirteen Weeks Ended June 24, 2012 |  | Twenty-Six Weeks Ended June 24, 2012
|  | Facility |  | Administrative |  |  |  |  | Facility |  | Administrative |  |  |
|  | Closures |  | Integration |  | Total |  | Closures |  | Integration |  | Total
|  | (In thousands)
Employee-related costs |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 78 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 78
Asset impairment costs |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 960 |  |  | 382 |  |  | 1,342
Other exit or disposal costs |  |  | 389 |  |  | — |  |  | 389 |  |  | 1,932 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,932
Total exit or disposal costs |  | $ | 389 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 389 |  | $ | 2,970 |  | $ | 382 |  | $ | 3,352
|  | Thirteen Weeks Ended June 26, 2011 |  | Twenty-Six Weeks Ended June 26, 2011
|  | Facility |  | Administrative |  |  |  |  | Facility |  | Administrative |  |  |
|  | Closures |  | Integration |  | Total |  | Closures |  | Integration |  | Total
|  | (In thousands)
Employee-related costs |  | $ | — |  | $ | 76 |  | $ | 76 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 616 |  | $ | 616
Asset impairment costs |  |  | 1,957 |  |  | 850 |  |  | 2,807 |  |  | 3,723 |  |  | 850 |  |  | 4,573
Total exit or disposal costs |  | $ | 1,957 |  | $ | 926 |  | $ | 2,883 |  | $ | 3,723 |  | $ | 1,466 |  | $ | 5,189
(a) |  | Significant facilities closed included one processing plant in2008, two processing plants in2009, two processing plants in the transition period and one processing plant in2011. The transition period began September27,2009and ended December27,2009and resulted from the Company's change in its fiscal year end from the Saturday nearest September30each year to the last Sunday in December of each year.
(b) |  | Company management implemented certain activities to integrate the administrative functions of the Company into those of JBS USA. These included the closures of administrative offices in Georgia and Texas.
Schedule Of Restructuring Reserve Reconciliation Activity Table Text Block | The following table sets forth activity that was recorded through the Company’s accrued exit or disposal cost accounts during the twenty-six weeks ended June24,2012and June26,2011:
|  |  |  |  |  | Accrued |  |  |  |
|  | Accrued |  | Inventory |  |  |  |
|  | Severance |  | Charges |  | Total
|  | (In thousands)
Balance at December25,2011 |  | $ | 90 |  |  | $ | 793 |  |  | $ | 883 |
Accruals |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Payment /Disposal |  |  | (155 | ) |  |  | (136 | ) |  |  | (291 | )
Adjustments |  |  | 78 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 78 |
Balance at June24,2012 |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 657 |  |  | $ | 670 |
Balance at December26,2010 |  | $ | 4,150 |  |  | $ | 793 |  |  | $ | 4,943 |
Accruals |  |  | 1,290 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,290 |
Payment /Disposal |  |  | (3,864 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (3,864 | )
Adjustments |  |  | (674 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (674 | )
Balance at June26,2011 |  | $ | 902 |  |  | $ | 793 |  |  | $ | 1,695
Schedule Of Restructuring Costs Included In Statement Of Operations Table Text Block | Exit or disposal costs were included on the following lines in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:
|  | Thirteen Weeks Ended |  | Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
|  | June 24, 2012 |  | June 26, 2011 |  | June 24, 2012 |  | June 26, 2011
|  | (In thousands)
Cost of sales |  | $ | 0 |  | $ | 0 |  | $ | 78 |  | $ | 0
Operational restructuring charges |  |  | — |  |  | 1,957 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,305
Selling, general and administrative expense |  |  | — |  |  | 76 |  |  | 0 |  |  | 616
Administrative restructuring charges |  |  | 389 |  |  | 850 |  |  | 3,274 |  |  | 1,268
Total exit or disposal costs |  | $ | 389 |  | $ | 2,883 |  | $ | 3,352 |  | $ | 5,189
Schedule Of Operating and Administrative Restructuring Charges Indirectly Related To Operations Table Text Block | Components of operating restructuring charges and administrative restructuring charges are summarized below:
|  | Thirteen Weeks Ended |  | Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
|  | June 24, 2012 |  | June 26, 2011 |  | June 24, 2012 |  | June 26, 2011
|  | (In thousands)
Operational restructuring charges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset impairment costs (Note8. Property, Plant and |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equipment) |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,957 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 3,305
Administrative restructuring charges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset impairment costs (Note8. Property, Plant and |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equipment) |  | $ | — |  | $ | 850 |  | $ | 1,342 |  | $ | 1,268
Loss on egg sales and flock depletion expensed as |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
incurred |  |  | 54 |  |  | — |  |  | 509 |  |  | —
Other restructuring costs |  |  | 335 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,423 |  |  | —
Total administrative restructuring charges |  | $ | 389 |  | $ | 850 |  | $ | 3,274 |  | $ | 1,268

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