BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC REPORTING (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2013

BUSINESS SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC REPORTING [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Sales and Long-lived Assets

	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.

Schedule of Sales by Product Lines

	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