INVENTORIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2015

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

INVENTORIES

INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following:

	December 27, 2015		December 28, 2014
	(In thousands)
Live chicken and hens	$	365,062	$	363,438
Feed, eggs and other	215,859		198,681
Finished chicken products	191,988		227,649
Total chicken inventories	772,909		789,768
Commercial feed, table eggs and other	28,448		537
Total inventories	$	801,357	$	790,305