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Derivative financial instruments and fair value measurements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 28, 2013
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block] |
|  |  |  | December 28, 2013
|  |  |  | Fair value |  |  |
|  |  |  | asset (liability) | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3
|  |  |  | $ | $ | $ | $
(a) | Commodity futures and forward contracts(1) |  |  |  |
|  |  | Unrealized short-term derivative asset | 1,459 | 284 | 1,175 | -
|  |  | Unrealized long-term derivative asset | 29 | - | 29 | -
|  |  | Unrealized short-term derivative liability | (1,841) | - | (1,841) | -
|  |  | Unrealized long-term derivative liability | (12) | - | (12) | -
(b) | Inventories carried at market(2) | 11,836 | - | 11,836 | -
(c) | Interest rate swaps(3) | (311) | - | (311) | -
(d) | Forward foreign currency contracts(4) | (371) | - | (371) | -
(e) | Contingent consideration(5) | (2,671) | - | - | (2,671)
|  |  |  | December 29, 2012
|  |  |  | Fair value |  |  |
|  |  |  | asset (liability) | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3
|  |  |  | $ | $ | $ | $
(a) | Commodity futures and forward contracts(1) |  |  |  |
|  |  | Unrealized short-term derivative asset | 3,184 | 690 | 2,494 | -
|  |  | Unrealized long-term derivative asset | 93 | - | 93 | -
|  |  | Unrealized short-term derivative liability | (1,623) | - | (1,623) | -
|  |  | Unrealized long-term derivative liability | (43) | - | (43) | -
(b) | Inventories carried at market(2) | 15,426 | - | 15,426 | -
(c) | Interest rate swap(3) | (396) | - | (396) | -
(d) | Forward foreign currency contracts(4) | (327) | - | (327) | -
(e) | Contingent consideration(5) | (4,398) | - | - | (4,398)
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Table Text Block] |
|  |  |  | Number of bushels
|  |  |  | purchase (sale)
|  |  |  | Corn | Soybeans
Forward commodity purchase contracts | 924 | 1,030
Forward commodity sale contracts | (639) | (1,625)
Commodity futures contracts | (495) | (45)

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the notional amounts of outstanding derivative positions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 815 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1A -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7476318&loc=SL5579245-113959 + Details
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