LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER BORROWING ARRANGEMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 30, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following components:

	Maturity	December 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Long-term debt and other long-term borrowing arrangements:		(In thousands)
Senior notes payable, net of premium and discount at 5.75%	2025	$	1,002,497		$	754,820
Senior notes payable, net of discount at 5.875%	2027	843,717			600,000
Senior notes payable at 6.25%	2021	—			403,444
U.S. Credit Facility (defined below):
Term note payable at 3.65%	2023	500,000			780,000
Revolving note payable at 5.25%	2023	—			73,262
2016 Mexico Credit Facility (defined below) with notes payable at TIIE plus 0.95%	2019	—			76,307
Moy Park France Invoice Discounting Revolver with payables at EURIBOR plus 0.8%	2019	2,277			1,815
Moy Park Credit Agricole Bank Overdraft with notes payable at EURIBOR plus 1.50%	On Demand	88			—
Moy Park Multicurrency Revolving Facility with notes payable at LIBOR rate plus 2.5%	2018	—			9,590
Moy Park Bank of Ireland Revolving Facility with notes payable at LIBOR or EURIBOR plus 1.25% to 2.00%	2023	—			—
Secured loans with payables at weighted average of 3.73%	Various	319			873
Capital lease obligations	Various	3,707			9,239
Long-term debt		2,352,605			2,709,350
Less: Current maturities of long-term debt		(30,405		)	(47,775		)
Long-term debt, less current maturities		2,322,200			2,661,575
Less: Capitalized financing costs		(27,010		)	(25,958		)
Long-term debt, less current maturities, net of capitalized financing costs:		$	2,295,190		$	2,635,617