TRADE ACCOUNTS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 27, 2021

Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss [Abstract]

Schedule of Trade Accounts and Other Receivables, and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Trade accounts and other receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts, consisted of the following:

	June 27, 2021		December 27, 2020
	(In thousands)
Trade accounts receivable	$	800,959	$	691,499
Notes receivable	29,441		25,712
Other receivables	43,817		31,954
Receivables, gross	874,217		749,165
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(7,741)		(7,173)
Receivables, net	$	866,476	$	741,992
Accounts receivable from related parties(a)	$	868	$	1,084

(a)    Additional information regarding accounts receivable from related parties is included in “Note 16. Related Party Transactions.”

Activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts was as follows:

	June 27, 2021
	(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	(7,173)
Provision charged to operating results	(517)
Account write-offs and recoveries	(2)
Effect of exchange rate	(49)
Balance, end of period	$	(7,741)