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INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 29, 2015
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block] | Investments consist of the following:
Equity Investment |  | % Owned |  | March 29, 2015 |  | December 28, 2014
|  |  |  | (in millions)
Campofrío Food Group (CFG) |  | 37% |  | $ | 300.6 |  |  | $ | 330.0 |
Mexican joint ventures |  | 50% |  | 121.5 |  |  | 142.8 |
Other |  | Various |  | 24.6 |  |  | 25.2 |
Total investments |  |  |  | $ | 446.7 |  |  | $ | 498.0 |
Schedule of Equity in (Income) Loss of Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block] | (Income) loss from equity method investments consists of the following:
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended
Equity Investment |  | Segment |  | March 29, 2015 |  | March 30, 2014
|  |  |  | (in millions)
CFG |  | International |  | $ | 3.1 |  |  | $ | (3.1 | )
Mexican joint ventures |  | International |  | (7.2 | ) |  | (11.8 | )
All other equity method investments |  | Various |  | 0.1 |  |  | (0.2 | )
Income from equity method investments |  |  |  | $ | (4.0 | ) |  | $ | (15.1 | )

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