SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Information on segments and a reconciliation to income before income taxes are as follows:

	Thirteen Weeks Ended
	March 31, 2019		April 1, 2018
Net Sales	(In thousands)
U.S.	$	1,883,591	$	1,841,105
U.K. and Europe	514,962		544,300
Mexico	326,122		361,273
Total	$	2,724,675	$	2,746,678

	Thirteen Weeks Ended
	March 31, 2019			April 1, 2018
Operating Income	(In thousands)
U.S.	$	114,840		$	127,286
U.K. and Europe	12,714			21,413
Mexico	9,464			52,870
Elimination	24			24
Total operating income	137,042			201,593
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest	33,562			50,300
Interest income	(3,340		)	(1,590		)
Foreign currency transaction loss (gain)	2,636			(1,721		)
Miscellaneous, net	(357		)	(1,617		)
Income before income taxes	$	104,541		$	156,221

	March 31, 2019		December 30, 2018
Long-Lived Assets(a)	(In thousands)
U.S.	$	1,535,489	$	1,506,217
U.K. and Europe	367,765		359,621
Mexico	292,452		295,864
Total assets	$	2,195,706	$	2,161,702

(a)

For this disclosure, we exclude financial instruments, deferred tax assets, operating lease assets and intangible assets in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“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.