DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2015

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Outstanding Derivative Instruments and Cash Collateral

Information regarding the Company’s outstanding derivative instruments and cash collateral posted with (owed to) brokers is included in the following table:

	September 27, 2015			December 28, 2014
	(Fair values in thousands)
Fair values:
Commodity derivative assets	$	4,940		$	8,416
Commodity derivative liabilities	(11,337		)	(22,683		)
Cash collateral posted with brokers	26,275			25,205
Foreign currency derivative assets	1,611			2,563
Derivatives coverage(a):
Corn	3.4		%	(8.2		)%
Soybean meal	4.9		%	(16.1		)%
Period through which stated percent of needs are covered:
Corn	March 2017			September 2016
Soybean meal	December 2016			July 2015

(a) Derivatives coverage is the percent of anticipated commodity needs covered by outstanding derivative instruments through a specified date.