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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2014 segment grower country lb state employee
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Number of countries in which entity exports products | 80
Number of states in which entity operates | 12
Number of employees | 35,400
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds) | 34,000,000
Maximum annual processing capacity of employees (in pounds) | 10,000,000,000
Number of contract growers | 3,750
Percentage of beneficial ownership by holding company | 75.50%
Number of reportable segments | 1

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- Definition Represents the maximum capacity in pounds of birds annually processed by the employees of entity. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Maximum number of birds produced in a week by the employees as per processing capacity of the entity. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Represents the number of contract growers who supply poultry for the operations. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The number of countries the entity exports products as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Number of persons employed by the Entity. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Percentage of beneficial ownership by holding company. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The number of states the entity operates in as of the balance sheet date. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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