Business Segment And Geographic Reporting

9 Months Ended

Sep. 25, 2011

Business Segment And Geographic Reporting

Business Segment And Geographic Reporting

19. BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC REPORTING

We operate in one reportable business segment, as a producer and seller of chicken products we either produce or purchase for resale in the US, Puerto Rico and Mexico. We conduct separate operations in the US, Puerto Rico and Mexico; however, for geographic reporting purposes, we include Puerto Rico with our US operations. Corporate expenses are allocated to Mexico based upon various apportionment methods for specific expenditures incurred related thereto with the remaining amounts allocated to the US.

Net sales to customers and long-lived assets are as follows:

	Thirteen Weeks Ended				Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended
	September 25, 2011		September 26, 2010		September 25, 2011		September 26, 2010
	(In thousands)				(In thousands)
Net sales to customers:
United States	$	1,698,179	$	1,565,186	$	5,133,293	$	4,607,775
Mexico	$	193,045		154,664		573,097		462,561
Net sales to customers	$	1,891,224	$	1,719,850	$	5,706,390	$	5,070,336

	September 25, 2011		September 26, 2010
	(In thousands)
Long-lived assets(a):
United States	$	1,235,164	$	1,278,100
Mexico		82,528		80,036
Total long-lived assets	$	1,317,692	$	1,358,136

(a) For this disclosure, we exclude financial instruments, deferred tax assets and intangible assets in accordance with ASC 280-10-50-41, Segment Reporting. Long-lived assets, as used in ASC 280-10-50-41, implies hard assets that cannot be readily removed.