REVENUE RECOGNITION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2022

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregated Revenue

Revenue has been disaggregated into the categories below to show how economic factors affect the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows:

	Three Months Ended March 27, 2022
	(In thousands)
	Fresh		Prepared		Export		Other		Total
U.S.	$	2,087,621	$	255,087	$	133,797	$	104,703	$	2,581,208
U.K. and Europe	237,309		746,636		173,411		34,626		1,191,982
Mexico	410,420		36,141		—		20,644		467,205
Total net sales	$	2,735,350	$	1,037,864	$	307,208	$	159,973	$	4,240,395

	Three Months Ended March 28, 2021
	(In thousands)
	Fresh		Prepared		Export		Other		Total
U.S.	$	1,597,423	$	194,272	$	113,971	$	93,893	$	1,999,559
U.K. and Europe	386,886		376,122		79,382		12,345		854,735
Mexico	372,721		27,404		—		19,006		419,131
Total net sales	$	2,357,030	$	597,798	$	193,353	$	125,244	$	3,273,425

Contract Balances

Changes in the revenue contract liabilities balance are as follows (in thousands):

Balance as of December 26, 2021	$	22,321
Revenue recognized	(11,537)
Cash received, excluding amounts recognized as revenue during the period	10,738
Balance as of March 27, 2022	$	21,522