INVENTORIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2022

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

	March 27, 2022		December 26, 2021(a)
	(In thousands)
Raw materials and work-in-process	$	1,124,232	$	1,034,518
Finished products	410,784		369,292
Operating supplies	87,822		87,332
Maintenance materials and parts	86,157		84,516
Total inventories	$	1,708,995	$	1,575,658

(a)    The inventory component amounts as of December 26, 2021 reported in this table differ from the inventory component amounts as of December 26, 2021 reported in our annual report on Form 10-K. We increased Operating supplies and Maintenance material and parts amounts as of December 26, 2021 by $10.7 million and $9.9 million, respectively, and decreased Raw materials and work-in-process and Finished products amounts as of December 26, 2021 by $10.2 million and $10.4 million, respectively, to conform to the inventory component amounts presented as of March 27, 2022.