BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC REPORTING (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 25, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Sales and Long-lived Assets

Net sales to customers by customer location and long-lived assets are as follows:

	2016		2015		2014
	(In thousands)
Net sales to customers by customer location:
United States	$	6,459,729	$	6,722,455	$	7,067,408
Mexico	1,180,947		1,116,455		1,075,764
Asia	99,295		120,288		246,141
Canada, Caribbean and Central America	152,058		176,396		80,121
Africa	14,124		16,171		49,810
Europe	11,174		12,841		44,377
South America	11,955		12,114		18,102
Pacific	1,841		3,384		1,642
Total	$	7,931,123	$	8,180,104	$	8,583,365

	December 25, 2016		December 27, 2015
	(In thousands)
Long-lived assets(a):
United States	$	1,220,263	$	1,108,776
Mexico	285,677		243,753
Total	$	1,505,940	$	1,352,529

(a) For this disclosure, we exclude financial instruments, deferred tax assets and intangible assets in accordance with ASC 280-10-50-41, Segment Reporting. Long-lived assets, as used in ASC 280-10-50-41, implies hard assets that cannot be readily removed.

Schedule of Sales by Product Lines

The following table sets forth, for the periods beginning with 2014, net sales attributable to each of our primary product lines and markets served with those products. We based the table on our internal sales reports and their classification of product types.

	2016		2015		2014
	(In thousands)
U.S. chicken:
Prepared chicken	$	1,269,010	$	1,672,693	$	1,787,389
Fresh chicken	4,627,137		4,701,943		4,703,993
Export and other chicken	313,827		358,877		620,082
Total U.S. chicken	6,209,974		6,733,513		7,111,464
Mexico chicken	1,245,644		1,016,200		900,360
Total chicken	7,455,618		7,749,713		8,011,824
Other products:
U.S.	461,429		409,841		535,572
Mexico	14,076		20,550		35,969
Total other products	475,505		430,391		571,541
Total net sales	$	7,931,123	$	8,180,104	$	8,583,365