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EXIT OR DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 30, 2012
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block] | Specific exit or disposal efforts that were ongoing during 2012, 2011 and 2010 included the following:
|  |  |  |  | JBS USA |  |  |
|  | Facility Closures(a) |  | Integration(b) |  | Total
|  | (In thousands, except positions eliminated)
Earliest implementation date |  | October 2008 |  | January 2010 |  |  |
Latest expected completion date |  | September 2014 |  | September 2012 |  |  |
Positions eliminated |  |  | 2,410 |  |  | 480 |  |  | 2,890
Costs incurred and expected to be incurred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-related costs |  | $ | 2,492 |  | $ | 32,311 |  | $ | 34,803
Asset impairment costs |  |  | 21,842 |  |  | 38,048 |  |  | 59,890
Inventory valuation costs |  |  | 344 |  |  | — |  |  | 344
Other exit or disposal costs |  |  | 15,248 |  |  | 11,336 |  |  | 26,584
Total exit or disposal costs |  | $ | 39,926 |  | $ | 81,695 |  | $ | 121,621
Costs incurred since earliest implementation date: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-related costs |  | $ | 2,492 |  | $ | 32,311 |  | $ | 34,803
Asset impairment costs |  |  | 21,842 |  |  | 38,048 |  |  | 59,890
Inventory valuation costs |  |  | 344 |  |  | — |  |  | 344
Other exit or disposal costs |  |  | 12,222 |  |  | 11,336 |  |  | 23,558
Total exit or disposal costs |  | $ | 36,900 |  | $ | 81,695 |  | $ | 118,595
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | Facility |  | JBS USA |  |  |  |  | Facility |  | JBS USA |  |  |  |  | Facility |  | JBS USA |  |  |
|  | Closures |  | Integration |  |  |  | Closures |  | Integration |  |  |  | Closures |  | Integration |  |
|  | (a) |  | (b) |  | Total |  | (a) |  | (b) |  | Total |  | (a) |  | (b) |  | Total
|  | (In thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee-related |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
costs |  | $ | 65 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 65 |  | $ | 647 |  | $ | 405 |  | $ | 1,052 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 31,227 |  | $ | 31,227
Asset impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
costs |  |  | 3,868 |  |  | (1,098 | ) |  |  | 2,770 |  |  | 9,203 |  |  | 13,693 |  |  | 22,896 |  |  | 1,030 |  |  | 25,453 |  |  | 26,483
Inventory |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
valuation costs |  |  | 151 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 151 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
Other exit or |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
disposal costs |  |  | 3,685 |  |  | 1,994 |  |  |  | 5,679 |  |  | 5,249 |  |  | — |  |  | 5,249 |  |  | 2,118 |  |  | 10,512 |  |  | 12,630
Total exit or |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
disposal costs |  | $ | 7,769 |  | $ | 896 |  |  | $ | 8,665 |  | $ | 15,099 |  | $ | 14,098 |  | $ | 29,197 |  | $ | 3,148 |  | $ | 67,192 |  | $ | 70,340
(a) |  | Significant facilities closed included one processing plant in 2008, two processing plants in 2009, two processing plants in the transition period and one processing plant in 2011. The transition period began September 27, 2009 and ended December 27, 2009 and resulted from the Company's change in its fiscal year end from the Saturday nearest September 30 each 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 2012 and 2011:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accrued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Accrued Lease |  | Accrued |  | Other Exit or |  | Inventory |  |  |
|  | Obligation |  | Severance |  | Disposal Costs |  | Reserves |  | Total
|  | (In thousands)
December 27, 2009 |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 516 |  |  |  | 3,614 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4,150 |
Accruals |  |  | — |  |  |  | 31,116 |  |  |  | 9,869 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 40,985 |
Payment/Disposal |  |  | — |  |  |  | (27,086 | ) |  |  | (2,611 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (29,697 | )
Adjustments |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | (396 | ) |  |  | (10,872 | ) |  |  | 793 |  |  |  | (10,495 | )
December 26, 2010 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4,150 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 793 |  |  |  | 4,943 |
Accruals |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,375 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,375 |
Payment/Disposal |  |  | — |  |  |  | (5,111 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (5,111 | )
Adjustments |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,324 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,324 | )
December 25, 2011 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 90 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 793 |  |  |  | 883 |
Accruals |  |  | — |  |  |  | 65 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 151 |  |  |  | 216 |
Payment/Disposal |  |  | — |  |  |  | (155 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (136 | ) |  |  | (291 | )
December 30, 2012 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 808 |  |  | $ | 808
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 Consolidated Statements of Operations:
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
| (In thousands)
Cost of sales | $ | 216 |  | $ | — |  | $ | —
Operational restructuring charges |  | — |  |  | 1,958 |  |  | 4,318
Selling, general and administrative expense |  | — |  |  | 328 |  |  | —
Administrative restructuring charges |  | 8,449 |  |  | 26,911 |  |  | 66,022
Total exit or disposal costs | $ | 8,665 |  | $ | 29,197 |  | $ | 70,340
Schedule Of Operating and Administrative Restructuring Charges Indirectly Related To Operations [Table Text Block] | Components of operational restructuring charges and administrative restructuring charges are summarized below:
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
| (In thousands)
Operational restructuring charges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Relocation charges expensed as incurred | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 3,288
Asset impairments (See “Note 10. Property, Plant and Equipment”) |  | — |  |  | 1,958 |  |  | 1,030
Loss on egg sales and flock depletion expensed as incurred |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
Total | $ | — |  | $ | 1,958 |  | $ | 4,318
Administrative restructuring charges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Severance charges | $ | — |  | $ | 724 |  | $ | 31,227
Relocation charges expensed as incurred |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7,224
Asset impairments (See “Note 10. Property, Plant and Equipment”) |  | 2,770 |  |  | 20,938 |  |  | 25,453
Loss on scrapped inventory expensed as incurred |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,118
Loss on egg sales and flock depletion expensed as incurred |  | 509 |  |  | 2,390 |  |  | —
Other restructuring costs |  | 5,170 |  |  | 2,859 |  |  | —
Total | $ | 8,449 |  | $ | 26,911 |  | $ | 66,022

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