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	Dec. 31, 2011 year	Jan. 01, 2011	Jan. 02, 2010	Dec. 21, 2010	Dec. 20, 2010	Jan. 27, 2011 Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan 2004 [Member]	Mar. 09, 2010 Nonqualified Stock Options [Member]	Mar. 10, 2009 Nonqualified Stock Options [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Nonqualified Stock Options [Member]	Mar. 08, 2011 Nonqualified Stock Options Under Long Term Incentive Program [Member]	Mar. 09, 2010 Nonqualified Stock Options Under Long Term Incentive Program [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Nonqualified Stock Options Under Long Term Incentive Program [Member]	Aug. 29, 2011 Stock Awards [Member]	Mar. 09, 2010 Stock Awards [Member]	Mar. 10, 2009 Stock Awards [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Stock Awards [Member]	Jan. 01, 2011 Stock Awards [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Stock Options [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Restricted Stock [Member]	Mar. 08, 2011 Long Term Incentive Program [Member]	Mar. 09, 2010 Long Term Incentive Program [Member]	Mar. 10, 2009 Long Term Incentive Program [Member]	Mar. 09, 2010 One-Time Issuance To Other Employees [Member]	Mar. 10, 2009 One-Time Issuance To Other Employees [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Incentive Stock Options [Member]	Jan. 01, 2011 Incentive Stock Options [Member]	Jan. 02, 2010 Incentive Stock Options [Member]	May 18, 2011 Director Restricted Stock Plan [Member]	Mar. 08, 2011 Director Restricted Stock Plan [Member]	Mar. 09, 2010 Director Restricted Stock Plan [Member]	Mar. 10, 2009 Director Restricted Stock Plan [Member]	Mar. 09, 2006 Director Restricted Stock Plan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Director Restricted Stock Plan [Member]	Jan. 01, 2011 Director Restricted Stock Plan [Member]	Nov. 11, 2010 Special Incentive Program 2010 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Special Incentive Program 2010 [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Shares of common stock in public offering						24,193,548
Price of common stock in public offering						$ 12.70
Stock option period (in days)						30 days
Shares offered for purchase by former stockholders of Griffin Industries						3,629,032
Proceeds from sale of shares by the former stockholders of Griffin	$ 293,117,000	$ 35,000	$ 11,000			$ 292,700,000
Proceeds from the sale of shares by the former stockholders of Griffin						Did not receive any proceeds
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	150,000,000	150,000,000		150,000,000	100,000,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized							6,074,969																													640,000
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Award Termination Period							10 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant							1,603,522																													640,000
Granted (in shares)	73,834							24,000	24,000		73,834	53,722
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 14.50							$ 8.21	$ 2.94		$ 14.50	$ 8.21
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percent Vesting Six Months After Grant Date										25.00%			25.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period, Initial Cliff									6 months
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percent Vesting On Anniversary Date										25.00%			25.00%
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Share-based Compensation, Gross																										0	0	0
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	8,300,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition	1.7
Proceeds from Stock Options Exercised	500,000
Tax Benefit from Stock Options Exercised	1,100,000	200,000	100,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Total Intrinsic Value	1,400,000	100,000	100,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Total Fair Value	3,700,000	2,000,000	700,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value	6,800,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Intrinsic Value	6,600,000
Shares granted														10,878	241,183	410,076	232,381				221,503	161,183	366,326	80,000	43,750				4,652					29,480
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period														2,720	60,296	102,518	284,219				55,376
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value																	$ 9.18	$ 7.75																$ 7.79	$ 5.52	$ 12.53
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period																																				4 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Stock Available for Grant Per Employee																																	60,000
Restricted Stock, Repurchase Price Per Share																																	$ 0.01
Restricted Stock Subject To Restrictions Percent																																	100.00%
Restricted Stock Subject To Restrictions, Term																																	10 years
Issuance of non-vested stock (in shares)																														24,828	14,616	40,818
Potential Award Percent																			20.00%	80.00%
Deferred Compensation Share-based Arrangements, Liability, Current and Noncurrent	$ 4,000,000	$ 2,600,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Share-based Compensation, Net of Forfeitures																																					110,000