TRADE ACCOUNTS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 25, 2016

Accounts Receivable, Net [Abstract]

Schedule of Trade Accounts and Other Receivables

Trade accounts and other receivables (including accounts receivable from related parties), less allowance for doubtful accounts, consisted of the following:

	December 25, 2016			December 27, 2015
	(In thousands)
Trade accounts receivable	$	305,337		$	342,466
Notes receivable - current	630			850
Other receivables	15,766			10,578
Receivables, gross	321,733			353,894
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(4,563		)	(4,900		)
Receivables, net	$	317,170		$	348,994
Accounts receivable from related parties(a)	$	3,913		$	2,668

(a) Additional information regarding accounts receivable from related parties is included in “Note 16. Related Party Transactions.”

Changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts were as follows:

	Total
	(In thousands)
Balance at December 27, 2015	$	(4,900	)
Provision charged to operating results	(114		)
Account write-offs and recoveries	451
Balance at December 25, 2016	$	(4,563	)