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Business Segments (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Jan. 02, 2016 USD ($) segment | Oct. 03, 2015 USD ($) | Jul. 04, 2015 USD ($) | Apr. 04, 2015 USD ($) | Jan. 03, 2015 USD ($) | Sep. 27, 2014 USD ($) | Jun. 28, 2014 USD ($) | Mar. 29, 2014 USD ($) | Jan. 02, 2016 USD ($) segment | Jan. 03, 2015 USD ($) | Dec. 28, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 29, 2013 segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Business Segments | segment |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3
Net Sales |  | $ 809,675 | $ 853,762 | $ 859,315 | $ 874,694 | $ 1,000,203 | $ 978,665 | $ 1,031,283 | $ 946,292 | $ 3,397,446 | $ 3,956,443 | $ 1,802,268 |
Capital expenditures: | [1] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 229,848 | 228,918 | 118,307 |
Vion Ingredients [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital expenditures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 984,200 |  |
Terra Transaction and Rothsay Acquisition [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital expenditures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 167,000 |
[1] | Excludes the capital assets acquired in an immaterial acquisition in fiscal 2015, the VION Acquisition and Custom Blenders acquisition in fiscal 2014 of approximately $984.2 million, the Terra Transaction and the Rothsay Acquisition in fiscal 2013 of approximately $167.0 million

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