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BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2014
lb
country
employee
state
grower
Dec. 29, 2013
Dec. 30, 2012
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]      
Number of countries to which the company exports products 95ppc_NumberOfCountriesInWhichEntityExportsProducts    
Number of states in which entity operates 12us-gaap_NumberOfStatesInWhichEntityOperates    
Number of employees 35,000dei_EntityNumberOfEmployees    
Maximum processing capacity, more than (number of birds per week) 35,000,000ppc_MaximumProcessingCapacityOfEmployeesPerWeek    
Number of pounds of live chicken processed annually, more than 10,000,000,000ppc_MinimumProcessingCapacityNumberofPoundsofLiveChickenAnnually    
Number of contract growers that supply poultry 3,750ppc_NumberOfContractGrowers    
Ownership percentage 75.50%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent    
Advertising expense $ 4.4us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense $ 4.9us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense $ 6.5us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Research and development expense $ 3.8us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense $ 3.9us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense $ 3.8us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Non-compete agreements [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Intangible assets, estimated useful life 3 years 3 years  
Customer relationships [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Intangible assets, estimated useful life 13 years 13 years  
Minimum [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Fiscal Period Duration 364 days    
Estimated closing costs, percent of asset fair value 4.00%ppc_FairValueMeasurementsAssumptionsClosingCostsPercentageofAssetFairValue
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= us-gaap_MinimumMember		    
Minimum [Member] | Trade names [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Intangible assets, estimated useful life 3 years 3 years  
Minimum [Member] | Non-compete agreements [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Intangible assets, estimated useful life 3 years    
Minimum [Member] | Building [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property and equipment, estimated useful life 5 years    
Minimum [Member] | Machinery and equipment [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property and equipment, estimated useful life 5 years    
Minimum [Member] | Automobiles and trucks [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property and equipment, estimated useful life 3 years    
Maximum [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Fiscal Period Duration 371 days    
Estimated closing costs, percent of asset fair value 6.00%ppc_FairValueMeasurementsAssumptionsClosingCostsPercentageofAssetFairValue
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= us-gaap_MaximumMember		    
Maximum [Member] | Trade names [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Intangible assets, estimated useful life 15 years 15 years  
Maximum [Member] | Non-compete agreements [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Intangible assets, estimated useful life 15 years    
Maximum [Member] | Building [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property and equipment, estimated useful life 33 years    
Maximum [Member] | Machinery and equipment [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property and equipment, estimated useful life 33 years    
Maximum [Member] | Automobiles and trucks [Member]      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property and equipment, estimated useful life 10 years