LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER BORROWING ARRANGEMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 24, 2017

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt and Other Borrowing Arrangements

Long-term debt and other borrowing arrangements, including current notes payable to banks, consisted of the following components:

	Maturity	September 24, 2017			December 25, 2016
		(In thousands)
Long-term debt and other long-term borrowing arrangements:
Senior notes payable at 5.75%	2025	$	500,000		$	500,000
Senior notes payable at 6.25%	2021	401,982			369,736
U.S. Credit Facility (defined below):
Term note payable at 2.55%	2022	790,000			500,000
Revolving note payable at 2.48%	2022	73,262			—
Mexico Credit Facility (defined below) with notes payable at TIIE Rate plus 0.95%	2019	84,524			23,304
Moy Park Multicurrency Revolving Facility with notes payable at      LIBOR rate plus 2.5%	2018	9,953			11,985
Moy Park Receivable with payables at LIBOR plus 1.5%	2020	—			—
Moy Park France Invoice Discounting Revolver with payables at      EURIBOR plus 0.8%	2018	3,930			8,918
Chattels mortgages with payables at weighted average of 3.74%	Various	1,015			1,432
JBS S.A. Promissory Note at 0.0%	2018	753,705			—
Term Loan Agence L'eau	2018	6			6
Capital lease obligations	Various	10,703			14,600
Long-term debt		2,629,080			1,429,981
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt		(61,811		)	(15,712		)
Long-term debt, less current maturities		2,567,269			1,414,269
Less: Capitalized financing costs		(18,694		)	(18,145		)
Long-term debt, less current maturities, net of capitalized financing costs:		$	2,548,575		$	1,396,124