XML 87 R72.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.5.0.2

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) | Jun. 25, 2015 | Sep. 25, 2016 | Dec. 27, 2015 | Dec. 28, 2014
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Issuance of intercompany loan receivable | $ 100,000,000.0 |  |  |
Intercompany note receivable |  | $ 0 |  |
Three-month LIBOR [Member] |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Margin on variable interest rate | 2.50% |  |  |
Related Party Transaction, Tax Sharing Agreement [Member] | JBS Food Company Holdings [Member] |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net tax receivable |  |  | $ 3,700,000 | $ 3,800,000

X
- Definition Intercompany Loan Receivable, Basis Spread on Variable Rate + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ppc_IntercompanyLoanReceivableBasisSpreadonVariableRate
Namespace Prefix: | ppc_
Data Type: | num:percentItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Intercompany Loans Receivable + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ppc_IntercompanyLoansReceivable
Namespace Prefix: | ppc_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Issuance of Intercompany Loans Receivable + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ppc_IssuanceofIntercompanyLoansReceivable
Namespace Prefix: | ppc_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition For an unclassified balance sheet, amounts due from related parties including affiliates, employees, joint ventures, officers and stockholders, immediate families thereof, and pension funds. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(k)(1)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.10(3)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_DueFromRelatedParties
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_VariableRateAxis=us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis=ppc_RelatedPartyTransactionTaxSharingAgreementMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis=ppc_JBSFoodCompanyHoldingsMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |