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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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DEBT - Narrative (Details)									9 Months Ended
DEBT - Narrative (Details)	Aug. 09, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 14, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 08, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 14, 2018 MXN ($)	Jul. 20, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 02, 2018 GBP (£)	Mar. 07, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 26, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 27, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 11, 2015 USD ($)
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Loss on early extinguishment of debt									$ 24,654,000	$ 0
Maximum secured leverage ratio on a pro-forma basis (not to exceed)	3.00
Term note payable at 1.33% \| Credit facility
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Stated interest rate									1.33%
Debt outstanding									$ 0			$ 450,000,000
Moy Park Bank of Ireland Revolving Facility with notes payable at LIBOR or EURIBOR plus 1.25% to 2.00% \| Credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt outstanding									0			0
Mexico Credit Facility \| Credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt outstanding									$ 0			0
Senior notes \| Senior notes payable, net of premium and discount at 5.75%
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount							$ 250,000,000	$ 250,000,000					$ 500,000,000
Stated interest rate									5.75%
Add-on issuance percentage of face value							99.25%	102.00%
Gross amount							$ 248,100,000	$ 255,000,000
Debt premium								5,000,000
Debt discount							1,900,000
Aggregate principal amount			$ 1,000,000,000
Repurchase of debt		$ 103,900,000	$ 896,100,000
Percentage of debt repurchased			89.60%
Tender call premium		21,300,000
Write off of capitalized financing costs		4,600,000
Debt outstanding									$ 0			1,001,693,000
Senior notes \| Senior notes payable, net of premium and discount at 5.75%, Add-On Offering
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Write off of debt premium (discount)		(2,600,000)
Senior notes \| Senior notes payable, net of premium and discount at 5.75%, Original Offering
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Write off of debt premium (discount)		$ 1,100,000
Senior notes \| Senior notes payable, net of discount at 5.875%
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Principal amount							$ 250,000,000	$ 600,000,000
Stated interest rate								5.875%	5.875%
Add-on issuance percentage of face value							97.25%
Gross amount							$ 243,100,000
Debt discount							$ 6,900,000
Debt outstanding									$ 845,687,000			845,149,000
Senior notes \| Senior notes payable, net of discount at 4.25%
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Principal amount			$ 1,000,000,000
Stated interest rate			4.25%						4.25%
Add-on issuance percentage of face value			98.994%
Gross amount			$ 989,900,000
Debt discount			$ 10,100,000
Stated interest rate if emissions target is met			4.50%
Notification period if emissions threshold is met			30 days
Emissions threshold			17.679%
Debt outstanding									$ 990,440,000			0
Senior notes \| Senior Notes 3.50% Due 2032
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Principal amount											$ 900,000,000
Stated interest rate									3.50%		3.50%
Debt outstanding									$ 900,000,000			$ 0
Credit facility \| US Credit Facility \| Credit facility
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Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 800,000,000				$ 750,000,000
Feature to increase revolving loan commitment	500,000,000
Letters of credit issued									38,500,000
Current borrowing capacity									761,500,000
Credit facility \| US Credit Facility \| Credit facility \| LIBOR Rate \| Minimum
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Basis spread on variable interest rate					1.25%
Credit facility \| US Credit Facility \| Credit facility \| LIBOR Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable interest rate					2.75%
Credit facility \| US Credit Facility \| Credit facility \| Alternate base rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable interest rate					0.25%
Credit facility \| US Credit Facility \| Credit facility \| Alternate base rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable interest rate					1.75%
Credit facility \| US Credit Facility \| Swingline loans
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Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 80,000,000
Credit facility \| US Credit Facility \| Letter of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity					125,000,000
Credit facility \| Term note payable at 1.33% \| Credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	700,000,000				$ 500,000,000
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	400,000
Credit facility, delayed draw commitment for first six months	$ 268,800,000
Quarterly principal payment, percent of original principal amount					1.25%
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable interest rate						1.25%			1.25%
Credit facility \| Moy Park Bank of Ireland Revolving Facility with notes payable at LIBOR or EURIBOR plus 1.25% to 2.00% \| Credit facility \| EURIBOR Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable interest rate						2.00%			2.00%
Credit facility \| Mexico Credit Facility \| Credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 1,500,000,000
Debt outstanding									$ 0
Current borrowing capacity									$ 74,800,000
Credit facility \| Mexico Credit Facility \| Credit facility \| TIIE Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable interest rate				1.50%					1.50%