INVENTORIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 23, 2012

Inventory, Net [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

 Inventories consisted of the following:

	September 23, 2012		December 25, 2011
	(In thousands)
Live chicken and hens	$	417,961	$	363,590
Feed, eggs and other		293,768		238,449
Finished chicken products		267,293		273,363
Total chicken inventories		979,022		875,402
Commercial feed, table eggs and other		221		3,692
Total inventories	$	979,243	$	879,094