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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Comparative Net Income [Table Text Block] | For comparative purposes, the Consolidated Statements of Income for the eight months ended December 29, 2013 and December 30, 2012 are presented as follows:
|  | Successor |  | Predecessor
|  |  |  |  |  | (unaudited)
|  |  |  |  |  | Eight Months Ended
|  | September 27 - December 29, 2013 |  | April 29 - September 26, 2013 |  | December 30, 2012
|  | (in millions)
Sales |  | $ | 3,894.2 |  |  | $ | 5,679.5 |  |  | $ | 8,898.7 |
Cost of sales |  | 3,543.1 |  |  | 5,190.1 |  |  | 7,943.5 |
Gross profit |  | 351.1 |  |  | 489.4 |  |  | 955.2 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |  | 213.4 |  |  | 341.7 |  |  | 540.5 |
Merger related costs |  | 23.9 |  |  | 18.0 |  |  | — |
Loss (income) from equity method investments |  | 2.6 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | (6.5 | )
Operating profit |  | 111.2 |  |  | 129.2 |  |  | 421.2 |
Interest expense |  | 59.0 |  |  | 64.6 |  |  | 111.8 |
Loss on debt extinguishment |  | 1.7 |  |  | — |  |  | 120.7 |
Income before income taxes |  | 50.5 |  |  | 64.6 |  |  | 188.7 |
Income tax expense |  | 15.8 |  |  | 12.7 |  |  | 58.7 |
Net income |  | $ | 34.7 |  |  | $ | 51.9 |  |  | $ | 130.0 |
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block] | Inventories consist of the following:
|  | December 28, 2014 |  | December 29, 2013
|  | (in millions)
Livestock |  | $ | 928.1 |  |  | $ | 1,054.8 |
Fresh and packaged meats |  | 961.9 |  |  | 956.7 |
Grains |  | 191.6 |  |  | 134.5 |
Manufacturing supplies |  | 79.8 |  |  | 69.3 |
Other |  | 45.4 |  |  | 59.4 |
Total inventories |  | $ | 2,206.8 |  |  | $ | 2,274.7 |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block] | Property, plant and equipment, net, consists of the following:
|  | Useful Life |  | December 28, 2014 |  | December 29, 2013 |
|  | (in Years) |  | (in millions)
Land and improvements |  | 0-20 |  | $ | 546.4 |  |  | $ | 551.9 |  |
Buildings and improvements |  | 20-40 |  | 866.1 |  |  | 846.3 |  |
Machinery and equipment |  | 5-25 |  | 1,125.5 |  |  | 996.4 |  |
Breeding stock |  | 2 |  | 193.0 |  |  | 193.2 |  |
Computer hardware and software |  | 3-5 |  | 34.3 |  |  | 35.3 |  |
Other |  | 3-10 |  | 67.2 |  |  | 66.4 |  |
Construction in progress |  |  |  | 191.2 |  |  | 106.4 |  |
|  |  |  | 3,023.7 |  |  | 2,795.9 |  |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  |  | (270.3 | ) |  | (50.0 | ) |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  |  | $ | 2,753.4 |  |  | $ | 2,745.9 |  |
Schedule of Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block] | Intangible assets consist of the following:
|  | Useful Life |  | December 28, 2014 |  | December 29, 2013
|  | (in Years) |  | (in millions)
Amortized intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relations assets |  | 14-16 |  | $ | 54.4 |  |  | $ | 55.2 |
Patents, rights and leasehold interests |  | 5-25 |  | 3.0 |  |  | 3.0 |
Contractual relationships |  | 17-22 |  | 40.0 |  |  | 40.0 |
Accumulated amortization |  |  |  | (8.2 | ) |  | (1.6 | )
Amortized intangible assets, net |  |  |  | 89.2 |  |  | 96.6 |
Non-amortized intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks |  | Indefinite |  | 1,291.7 |  |  | 1,309.2 |
Intangible assets, net |  |  |  | $ | 1,380.9 |  |  | $ | 1,405.8 |

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