BUSINESS ACQUISITION (Narrative) (Details) bird / WK in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2015 USD ($) employee bird / WK trade_name plant distribution_center	Mar. 27, 2016 USD ($) employee bird / WK
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) \| bird / WK		37.0
Number of employees of acquiree (more than) \| employee		37,900
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	2.5
Number of processing plants acquired \| plant	3
Number of employees of acquiree (more than) \| employee	4,500
Number of distribution centers acquired \| distribution_center	7
Transaction costs	$ 2.2
Net sales of acquiree since acquisition date		$ 102.9
Net loss of acquiree since acquisition date		$ 0.2
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%
Tyson Mexico [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, net sales growth rate	4.00%
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, customer attrition rate	15.00%
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, income tax rate	30.00%
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, income tax amortization benefit rate	15.80%
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, discount rate	13.10%
Finite-lived customer relationships acquired, fair value	$ 16.7

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