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DEBT (Details) (USD $)
 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Mar. 29, 2015
Sep. 28, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity   $ 1,500,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity  
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity   1,200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity  
maximum aggregate purchase price 275,000,000sfd_Maximumaggregatepurchaseprice    
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount   275,000,000us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount  
Repayments of Debt   258,100,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt  
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt   12,800,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt  
Inventory Revolver      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity   1,025,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= sfd_InventoryRevolverMember		  
Securitization Facility      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity     325,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= sfd_SecuritizationFacilityMember
Accounts Receivable Held By SPV   529,600,000sfd_AccountsReceivableHeldBySpv
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= sfd_SecuritizationFacilityMember		  
International Credit Facilities      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity   $ 173,800,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= sfd_InternationalCreditFacilitiesMember