BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) employee in Thousands, $ in Thousands, bird / WK in Millions, lb in Billions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2015 USD ($) employee bird / WK state grower country lb	Dec. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2013 USD ($)
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of countries to which the company exports products | country	90
Number of states in which entity operates | state	12
Number of employees | employee	39
Maximum processing capacity, more than (number of birds per week) | bird / WK	37
Number of pounds of live chicken processed annually, more than | lb	10.8
Number of contract growers that supply poultry | grower	4,130
Ownership percentage	76.70%
Advertising costs	$ 4,700	$ 4,400	$ 4,900
Research and development costs	4,100	3,800	$ 3,900
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Deferred debt issuance costs	14,867	$ 0
Accounting Standards Update 2015-03
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs impact from direct deduction of debt liabilities	$ 14,900
Non-compete agreements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life	3 years	3 years
Customer relationships [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life	13 years	13 years
Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Fiscal period duration	364 days
Estimated closing costs, percent of asset fair value	4.00%
Minimum [Member] | Trade names [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life	3 years	3 years
Minimum [Member] | Non-compete agreements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life	3 years
Minimum [Member] | Customer relationships [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life	8 years
Minimum [Member] | Building [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful life	5 years
Minimum [Member] | Machinery and equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful life	5 years
Minimum [Member] | Automobiles and trucks [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful life	3 years
Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Fiscal period duration	371 days
Estimated closing costs, percent of asset fair value	6.00%
Maximum [Member] | Trade names [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life	15 years	15 years
Maximum [Member] | Non-compete agreements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life	15 years
Maximum [Member] | Customer relationships [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life	13 years
Maximum [Member] | Building [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful life	33 years
Maximum [Member] | Machinery and equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful life	33 years
Maximum [Member] | Automobiles and trucks [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful life	10 years
Scenario, Previously Reported [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Deferred debt issuance costs		$ 7,600