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PENDING ACQUISITION (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended
Jul. 28, 2014
Mar. 29, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds)   34,000,000ppc_MaximumProcessingCapacityOfEmployeesPerWeek
Tyson Mexico    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Consideration transferred $ 400.0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Maximum processing capacity of employees per week (in birds) 3,000,000ppc_MaximumProcessingCapacityOfEmployeesPerWeek
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Number of processing plants acquired 3ppc_NumberOfProcessingPlants
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Number of employees acquired 5,400dei_EntityNumberOfEmployees
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Number of distribution centers acquired 7ppc_NumberOfDistributionCenters
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