RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2014	Dec. 29, 2013	Mar. 30, 2014 JBS USA, LLC [Member]		Mar. 31, 2013 JBS USA, LLC [Member]		Mar. 30, 2014 JBS USA, LLC [Member] Letter Of Credit [Member]	Oct. 26, 2011 JBS USA, LLC [Member] Letter Of Credit [Member]	Jun. 23, 2011 JBS USA [Member] Subordinated Loan [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage Of Beneficial Ownership By Holding Company	75.50%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount								$ 56,500
Agreed Repayment Of Debt								56,500	56,500
Accounts payable to JBS USA, LLC	6,144	3,934					100
Accounts receivable from JBS USA, LLC	3,220	2,388
Other Inventory, in Transit, Gross			600
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction			12,458	[1]	12,919	[1]
Repayments of Lines of Credit							$ 300

[1] On January 19, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement with JBS USA, LLC in order to allocate costs associated with JBS USA, LLC's procurement of SAP licenses and maintenance services for its combined companies. Under this agreement, the fees associated with procuring SAP licenses and maintenance services are allocated between the Company and JBS USA, LLC in proportion to the percentage of licenses used by each company. The agreement expires on the date of expiration, or earlier termination, of the underlying SAP license agreement. On May 5, 2010, the Company also entered into an agreement with JBS USA, LLC in order to allocate the costs of supporting the business operations by one consolidated corporate team, which have historically been supported by their respective corporate teams. Expenditures paid by JBS USA, LLC on behalf of the Company will be reimbursed by the Company and expenditures paid by the Company on behalf of JBS USA, LLC will be reimbursed by JBS USA, LLC. This agreement expires on May 5, 2015.