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BUSINESS ACQUISITION (Narrative) (Details) bird / WK in Millions, $ in Millions |  | 3 Months Ended
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Jun. 29, 2015 USD ($) employee bird / WK trade_name distribution_center plant | Sep. 27, 2015 USD ($) bird / WK
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) | bird / WK |  | 37
Tyson Mexico [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Percentage of equity acquired | 100.00% |
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) | bird / WK | 3 |
Number of processing plants acquired | plant | 3 |
Number of employees of acquiree (more than) | employee | 5,400 |
Number of distribution centers acquired | distribution_center | 7 |
Net sales of acquiree since acquisition date |  | $ 128.9
Net loss of acquiree since acquisition date |  | $ 2.9
Tyson Mexico [Member] | Trade Names [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, number of trade names valued using the income approach | trade_name | 2 |
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, royalty rate saved used in determination of fair value | 1.40% |
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, net sales growth rate used in determination of fair value, terminal year | 3.80% |
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, income tax rate used in determination of fair value | 30.00% |
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, income tax amortization benefit rate used in determination of fair value | 15.00% |
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, discount rate used in determination of fair value | 12.00% |
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, fair value | $ 9.7 |
Tyson Mexico [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, royalty rates used in determination of fair value | 4.00% |
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, net sales growth rate used in determination of fair value | 3.50% |
Tyson Mexico [Member] | Trade Names [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, royalty rates used in determination of fair value | 5.00% |
Indefinite-lived trade names acquired, net sales growth rate used in determination of fair value | 4.00% |

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