BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC REPORTING

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2013

BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC REPORTING [Abstract]

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 U.S., Puerto Rico and Mexico. We conduct separate operations in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Mexico; however, for geographic reporting purposes, we include Puerto Rico with our U.S. 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 U.S.

During 2011, we announced organizational changes that resulted in the merger of our former Other Products segment into our Chicken segment. Data related to our former Other Products segment, which included primarily non-chicken products sold through our distribution centers, table eggs, animal feed and offal, is no longer reported directly to the chief operating decision maker. This information is now reported through chicken operations management. We reclassified prior year segment disclosures to conform to the new segment presentation.

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

	2013		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Net sales to customers by customer location:
United States	$	6,816,246	$	6,600,206	$	6,108,797
Mexico		1,108,308		988,712		827,186
Asia		301,545		262,455		353,368
Europe		73,349		79,101		82,261
North America		51,275		111,305		88,900
Africa		38,809		62,642		56,741
South America		19,224		13,775		14,224
Pacific		2,392		3,186		4,221
Total	$	8,411,148	$	8,121,382	$	7,535,698

	December 29, 2013		December 30, 2012
	(In thousands)
Long-lived assets(a):
United States	$	1,066,963	$	1,106,482
Mexico		84,848		83,439
Total	$	1,151,811	$	1,189,921

(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.

     The following table sets forth, for the periods beginning with 2011, net sales attributable to each of our primary product lines and markets served with those products. We based the table on our internal sales reports and their classification of product types.

	2013		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
U.S. chicken:
Prepared chicken	$	2,046,747	$	2,239,289	$	2,135,337
Fresh chicken		4,123,087		3,583,854		3,160,429
Export and other chicken by-products		715,970		817,723		808,038
Total U.S. chicken		6,885,804		6,640,866		6,103,804
Mexico chicken		864,454		758,023		720,333
Total chicken		7,750,258		7,398,889		6,824,137
Other products:
U.S.		614,409		608,619		674,923
Mexico		46,481		113,874		36,638
Total other products		660,890		722,493		711,561
Total net sales	$	8,411,148	$	8,121,382	$	7,535,698