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BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) bird / WK in Millions, lb in Billions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 25, 2016 USD ($) employee bird / WK state grower country lb | Dec. 27, 2015 USD ($) | Dec. 28, 2014 USD ($)
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |  |  |
Number of countries to which the company exports products | country | 80 |  |
Number of states in which entity operates | state | 12 |  |
Number of employees | employee | 39,600 |  |
Maximum processing capacity, more than (number of birds per week) | bird / WK | 36.7 |  |
Number of pounds of live chicken processed annually, more than | lb | 10.7 |  |
Number of contract growers that supply poultry | grower | 4,045 |  |
Ownership percentage | 78.50% |  |
Advertising costs | $ 6,200,000 | $ 4,700,000 | $ 4,400,000
Research and development costs | 3,400,000 | 4,100,000 | $ 3,800,000
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Impairment of goodwill | 0 |  |
Impairment of intangible assets | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Non-compete agreements [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Intangible assets, estimated useful life | 3 years | 3 years |
Customer relationships [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Intangible assets, estimated useful life | 13 years | 13 years |
Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Estimated closing costs, percent of asset fair value | 4.00% |  |
Minimum [Member] | Trade names [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Intangible assets, estimated useful life | 3 years | 3 years |
Minimum [Member] | Non-compete agreements [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Intangible assets, estimated useful life | 3 years |  |
Minimum [Member] | Building [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property and equipment, estimated useful life | 5 years |  |
Minimum [Member] | Machinery and equipment [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property and equipment, estimated useful life | 5 years |  |
Minimum [Member] | Automobiles and trucks [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property and equipment, estimated useful life | 3 years |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Estimated closing costs, percent of asset fair value | 6.00% |  |
Maximum [Member] | Trade names [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Intangible assets, estimated useful life | 15 years | 15 years |
Maximum [Member] | Non-compete agreements [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Intangible assets, estimated useful life | 15 years |  |
Maximum [Member] | Building [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property and equipment, estimated useful life | 33 years |  |
Maximum [Member] | Machinery and equipment [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property and equipment, estimated useful life | 33 years |  |
Maximum [Member] | Automobiles and trucks [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property and equipment, estimated useful life | 10 years |  |

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