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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details) bird / WK in Millions, lb in Billions | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2015 bird / WK segment employee grower country state lb
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Number of countries in which entity exports products | country | 95
Number of states in which entity operates | state | 12
Number of employees | employee | 39,200
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) (more than) | bird / WK | 37
Maximum annual processing capacity of employees (in pounds) (more than) | 11
Number of contract growers | grower | 3,900
Percentage of beneficial ownership by holding company | 75.80%
Number of reportable segments | segment | 1
Minimum [Member] |
Fiscal Period [Line Items] |
Fiscal Period Duration | 364 days
Maximum [Member] |
Fiscal Period [Line Items] |
Fiscal Period Duration | 371 days

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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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