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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 27, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Related Party Transactions |
| Thirteen Weeks Ended
| March 27, 2016 |  | March 29, 2015
| (In thousands)
JBS USA Food Company Holdings: |  |  |
Letter of credit fees(a) | $ | 202 |  |  | $ | 317 |
JBS USA Food Company: |  |  |
Purchases from JBS USA Food Company(b) | 20,511 |  |  | 27,580 |
Expenditures paid by JBS USA Food Company on behalf of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation(c) | 7,604 |  |  | 8,580 |
Sales to JBS USA Food Company(b) | 3,302 |  |  | 6,868 |
Expenditures paid by Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation on behalf of JBS USA Food Company(c) | 6,963 |  |  | 1,715 |
JBS Chile Ltda.: |  |  |
Sales to JBS Chile Ltda. | 205 |  |  | 165 |
JBS Global (UK) Ltd.: |  |  |
Sales to JBS Global (UK) Ltd. | 122 |  |  | — |
(a) | JBS USA Food Company Holdings (“JBS USA Holdings”) arranged for letters of credit to be issued on its account in the aggregate amount of $56.5 million to an insurance company on behalf of the Company in order to allow that insurance company to return cash it held as collateral against potential workers’ compensation, auto liability and general liability claims. In return for providing this letter of credit, the Company has agreed to reimburse JBS USA Holdings for the letter of credit fees the Company would otherwise incur under its U.S Credit Facility. The letter of credit arrangements for $40.0 million and $16.5 million were terminated on March 7, 2016 and April 1, 2016, respectively. For the thirteen weeks ended March 27, 2016, the Company reimbursed JBS USA Holdings $0.1 million for letter of credit fees.
(b) | We routinely execute transactions to both purchase products from JBS USA Food Company (“JBS USA”) and sell products to them. As of March 27, 2016 and December 27, 2015, the outstanding payable to JBS USA was $1.7 million and $7.0 million, respectively. As of March 27, 2016 and December 27, 2015, the outstanding receivable from JBS USA was $5.9 million and $2.6 million, respectively. As of March 27, 2016, approximately $1.6 million of goods from JBS USA were in transit and not reflected on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(c) | The Company has an agreement with JBS USA to allocate costs associated with JBS USA’s procurement of SAP licenses and maintenance services for its combined companies. Under this agreement, the fees associated with procuring SAP licenses and maintenance services are allocated between the Company and JBS USA in proportion to the percentage of licenses used by each company. The agreement expires on the date of expiration, or earlier termination, of the underlying SAP license agreement. The Company also has an agreement with JBS USA to allocate the costs of supporting the business operations by one consolidated corporate team, which have historically been supported by their respective corporate teams. Expenditures paid by JBS USA on behalf of the Company will be reimbursed by the Company and expenditures paid by the Company on behalf of JBS USA will be reimbursed by JBS USA. This agreement expires on December 31, 2016.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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