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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION - Additional Information (Details)
bird / WK in Millions, lb in Billions
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 26, 2017
employee
bird / WK
state
grower
country
segment
lb
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Number of countries in which entity exports products | country 80
Number of states in which entity operates | state 14
Number of employees | employee 41,900
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds per week) (more than) | bird / WK 39.2
Maximum annual processing capacity of employees (in pounds) (more than) | lb 11.5
Number of contract growers | grower 4,575
Percentage of beneficial ownership by holding company 78.60%
Number of reportable segments | segment 1