REVENUE RECOGNITION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2024

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of Disaggregated Revenue

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

	Year Ended December 29, 2024
	Fresh		Prepared		Export		Other(a)		Total
	(In thousands)
U.S.	$	8,731,904	$	1,094,818	$	468,553	$	334,654	$	10,629,929
Europe	1,178,459		3,381,178		477,486		99,624		5,136,747
Mexico	1,777,815		220,270		—		113,530		2,111,615
Total net sales	$	11,688,178	$	4,696,266	$	946,039	$	547,808	$	17,878,291

	Year Ended December 31, 2023
	Fresh		Prepared		Export		Other(a)		Total
	(In thousands)
U.S.	$	8,105,268	$	978,423	$	533,205	$	410,846	$	10,027,742
Europe	1,074,900		3,525,359		472,657		130,406		5,203,322
Mexico	1,796,670		212,651		—		121,832		2,131,153
Total net sales	$	10,976,838	$	4,716,433	$	1,005,862	$	663,084	$	17,362,217

	Year Ended December 25, 2022
	Fresh		Prepared		Export		Other(a)		Total
	(In thousands)
U.S.	$	8,624,421	$	1,107,734	$	552,823	$	463,372	$	10,748,350
Europe	908,882		3,104,347		712,685		148,824		4,874,738
Mexico	1,587,809		167,589		—		89,891		1,845,289
Total net sales	$	11,121,112	$	4,379,670	$	1,265,508	$	702,087	$	17,468,377

(a)Included in Other sales shown above are sales of commodity grains and protein byproducts.

Additional disaggregation of revenue by sales channel is provided below:

	Year Ended December 29, 2024
	Retail		Foodservice		Export		Other		Total
	(In thousands)
U.S.	$	5,708,826	$	4,029,197	$	468,553	$	423,353	$	10,629,929
Europe	3,257,803		846,284		477,486		555,174		5,136,747
Mexico(a)	531,724		982,429		—		597,462		2,111,615
Total net sales	$	9,498,353	$	5,857,910	$	946,039	$	1,575,989	$	17,878,291

	Year Ended December 31, 2023
	Retail		Foodservice		Export		Other		Total
	(In thousands)
U.S.	$	5,111,023	$	3,829,397	$	533,205	$	554,117	$	10,027,742
Europe	3,220,272		917,304		472,657		593,089		5,203,322
Mexico(a)	502,408		986,567		—		642,178		2,131,153
Total net sales	$	8,833,703	$	5,733,268	$	1,005,862	$	1,789,384	$	17,362,217

	Year Ended December 25, 2022
	Retail		Foodservice		Export		Other		Total
	(In thousands)
U.S.	$	4,952,560	$	4,608,606	$	552,823	$	634,361	$	10,748,350
Europe	2,842,502		778,304		712,685		541,247		4,874,738
Mexico(a)	416,342		880,368		—		548,579		1,845,289
Total net sales	$	8,211,404	$	6,267,278	$	1,265,508	$	1,724,187	$	17,468,377

(a)Included in Mexico foodservice channel are sales to wholesale public meat markets that typically sell product on to foodservice customers. Included in Mexico other channel are sales to live chicken markets.

Schedule of Changes in Revenue Contract Liability

Changes in the revenue contract liability balances for the years ended December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows:

	December 29, 2024		December 31, 2023
	(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of year	$	84,958	$	34,486
Revenue recognized	(82,331)		(28,674)
Cash received, excluding amounts recognized as revenue during the period	46,271		79,146
Balance, end of year	$	48,898	$	84,958