INVENTORIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 25, 2016

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

	December 25, 2016		December 27, 2015
	(In thousands)
Live chicken and hens	$	362,054	$	365,062
Feed, eggs and other	250,680		215,859
Finished chicken products	182,918		191,988
Total chicken inventories	795,652		772,909
Commercial feed, table eggs and other	17,610		28,448
Total inventories	$	813,262	$	801,357