DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2015 segment lb grower state country employee
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of countries in which entity exports products	95
Number of states in which entity operates	12
Number of employees	34,200
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds) (more than)	34,000,000
Maximum annual processing capacity of employees (in pounds) (more than)	10,000,000,000
Number of contract growers	3,800
Percentage of beneficial ownership by holding company	75.30%
Number of reportable segments	1
Minimum [Member]
Fiscal Period [Line Items]
Fiscal Period Duration	364 days
Maximum [Member]
Fiscal Period [Line Items]
Fiscal Period Duration	371 days