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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2013
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract] |
Schedule of Net Funded Status [Table Text Block] | The following table sets forth the plans’ funded status for the Company's domestic and foreign defined benefit plans and amounts recognized in the Company's consolidated balance sheets based on the measurement date (December 28, 2013 and December 29, 2012) (in thousands):
| December 28, 2013 |  | December 29, 2012
Change in projected benefit obligation: |  |  |
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of period | $ | 137,797 |  |  | $ | 123,553 |
Acquisition | 4,102 |  |  | — |
Service cost | 507 |  |  | 326 |
Interest cost | 5,307 |  |  | 5,451 |
Employee contributions | 20 |  |  | — |
Actuarial loss | (12,904 | ) |  | 13,084 |
Benefits paid | (4,761 | ) |  | (4,617 | )
Other | (102 | ) |  | — |
Projected benefit obligation at end of period | 129,966 |  |  | 137,797 |
Change in plan assets: |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of period | 106,519 |  |  | 96,235 |
Actual return on plan assets | 13,147 |  |  | 13,026 |
Employer contributions | 3,973 |  |  | 1,875 |
Employee contributions | 20 |  |  | — |
Benefits paid | (4,761 | ) |  | (4,617 | )
Fair value of plan assets at end of period | 118,898 |  |  | 106,519 |
Funded status | (11,068 | ) |  | (31,278 | )
Net amount recognized | $ | (11,068 | ) |  | $ | (31,278 | )
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets consist of: |  |  |  |  |
Non-current assets | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | — |
Non-current liability | (11,097 | ) |  | (31,278 | )
Net amount recognized | $ | (11,068 | ) |  | $ | (31,278 | )
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss consist of: |  |  |  |  |
Net actuarial loss | $ | 26,738 |  |  | $ | 50,714 |
Prior service cost | 32 |  |  | 174 |
Net amount recognized (a) | $ | 26,770 |  |  | $ | 50,888 |
(a) | Amounts do not include deferred taxes of $10.4 million and $19.4 million at December 28, 2013 and December 29, 2012, respectively.
Schedule of Accumulated and Projected Benefit Obligations [Table Text Block] |
| December 28, 2013 |  | December 29, 2012
Projected benefit obligation | $ | 129,966 |  |  | $ | 137,797 |
Accumulated benefit obligation | 125,939 |  |  | 137,797 |
Fair value of plan assets | 118,898 |  |  | 106,519 |
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block] | Net pension cost includes the following components (in thousands):
| December 28, 2013 |  | December 29, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Service cost | $ | 507 |  |  | $ | 326 |  |  | $ | 1,178 |
Interest cost | 5,307 |  |  | 5,451 |  |  | 6,052 |
Expected return on plan assets | (7,277 | ) |  | (6,709 | ) |  | (6,888 | )
Net amortization and deferral | 5,261 |  |  | 4,845 |  |  | 2,814 |
Curtailment | 83 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 63 |
Net pension cost | $ | 3,881 |  |  | $ | 3,927 |  |  | $ | 3,219 |
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plan Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the year ended (in thousands):
| 2013 |  | 2012
Actuarial (loss)/gain recognized: |  |  |
Reclassification adjustments | $ | 3,184 |  |  | $ | 2,912 |
Actuarial (loss)/gain recognized during the period | 11,869 |  |  | (4,145 | )
Prior service (cost) credit recognized: |  |  |  |  |
Reclassification adjustments | 87 |  |  | 64 |
Prior service cost arising during the period | — |  |  | — |
| $ | 15,140 |  |  | $ | (1,169 | )
Schedule of Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to be Recognized over Next Fiscal Year [Table Text Block] | The estimated amount that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive loss into net periodic pension cost in fiscal 2014 is as follows (in thousands):
| 2014
Net actuarial loss | $ | 2,078 |
Prior service cost | 16 |
| $ | 2,094 |
Schedule of Assumptions Used [Table Text Block] | Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations were:
| December 28, 2013 |  | December 29, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Discount rate | 4.66% |  | 3.90% |  | 4.50%
Rate of compensation increase | 3.00% |  | —% |  | —%
Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost for the employee benefit pension plans were:
| December 28, 2013 |  | December 29, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Discount rate | 3.96% |  | 4.50% |  | 5.55%
Rate of increase in future compensation levels | —% |  | —% |  | 4.16%
Expected long-term rate of return on assets | 7.35% |  | 7.35% |  | 7.85%
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] | The Company's pension plan weighted-average asset allocations at December 28, 2013 and December 29, 2012, by asset category, are as follows:
| Plan Assets at
Asset Category | December 28, 2013 |  | December 29, 2012
Equity Securities | 51.7% |  | 61.3%
Debt Securities | 48.3% |  | 38.7%
Total | 100.0% |  | 100.0%
Schedule of Target Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] | Based upon the plans’ funded status, time horizon, risk tolerances, performance expectations, asset class constraints and asset-liability study results, target asset allocation ranges are as follows:
Fixed Income | 35% - 80%
Equities | 20% - 65%
The initial allocation of the Darling Canada pension plans will be invested in a diversified mix of global and Canadian equity and fixed income instruments. The presumed allocation will approximate the percentages below:
Canada equity | 30%
Global equity | 30%
Canadian fixed income | 35%
Cash | 5%
Schedule of Accumulated Benefit Obligations in Excess of Fair Value of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] | The following table presents fair value measurements for the Company's defined benefit plans’ assets as categorized using the fair value hierarchy under FASB authoritative guidance (in thousands):
| Total |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs
(In thousands of dollars) | Fair Value |  | (Level 1) |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3)
Balances as December 29, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed Income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long Term | $ | 40,255 |  |  | $ | 14,064 |  |  | $ | 26,191 |  |  | $ | — |
Short Term | 954 |  |  | 542 |  |  | 412 |  |  | — |
Equity Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Domestic equities | 44,997 |  |  | 43,563 |  |  | 1,434 |  |  | — |
International equities | 20,313 |  |  | 19,551 |  |  | 762 |  |  | — |
Totals | $ | 106,519 |  |  | 77,720 |  |  | $ | 28,799 |  |  | $ | — |
Balances as December 28, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed Income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long Term | $ | 60,654 |  |  | $ | 22,906 |  |  | $ | 37,748 |  |  | $ | — |
Short Term | 771 |  |  | — |  |  | 771 |  |  | — |
Equity Securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Domestic equities | 40,028 |  |  | 38,137 |  |  | 1,891 |  |  | — |
International equities | 17,445 |  |  | 16,465 |  |  | 980 |  |  | — |
Totals | $ | 118,898 |  |  | $ | 77,508 |  |  | $ | 41,390 |  |  | $ | — |
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block] | The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid (in thousands):
Year Ending | Pension Benefits
2014 | $ | 5,770 |
2015 | 6,179 |
2016 | 6,444 |
2017 | 6,681 |
2018 | 7,002 |
Years 2019 – 2023 | 39,800 |
Multiemployer plans | The following table provides more detail on these two significant multiemployer plans (contributions in thousands):
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Expiration
Pension | EIN Pension | Pension Protection Act Zone Status | FIP/RP Status Pending/ | Contributions | Date of Collective Bargaining
Fund | Plan Number | 2013 | 2012 | Implemented | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | Agreement
Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan | 91-6145047 / 001 | Green | Green | No | $ | 1,254 |  | $ | 1,371 |  | $ | 1,386 |  | May 2016 (b)
Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Plan (a) | 36-6044243 / 001 | Red | Red | Yes | 782 |  | 746 |  | 705 |  | April 2016 (c)
All other multiemployer plans |  |  |  |  | 1,113 |  | 1,083 |  | 1,009 |  |
|  | Total Company Contributions | $ | 3,149 |  | $ | 3,200 |  | $ | 3,100 |  |
(a) | In July 2005 this plan received a 10 year extension from the IRS for amortizing unfunded liabilities.
(b) | The Company has several plants that participate in the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan under collective bargaining agreements that require minimum funding contributions. Certain of these agreements have expired and are being renegotiated with others having expiration dates through May 31, 2016.
(c) | The Company has several processing plants that participate in the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Plan under collective bargaining agreements that require minimum funding contributions. Certain of these agreements have expired and are being renegotiated with others having expiration dates through April 30, 2016.

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