Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segment Net Revenues [Table Text Block]

Business Segment Net Revenues (in thousands): 

	Year Ended
	December 28, 2013		December 29, 2012		December 31, 2011
Rendering	$	1,457,609	$	1,406,061	$	1,501,280
Bakery	265,941		295,368		295,969
Total	$	1,723,550	$	1,701,429	$	1,797,249

Business Segment Profit/(Loss) [Table Text Block]

Business Segment Profit/(Loss)  (in thousands):

	Year Ended
	December 28, 2013			December 29, 2012			December 31, 2011
Rendering	$	244,482		$	267,511		$	329,791
Bakery	41,214			57,126			62,259
Corporate Activities	(138,621		)	(169,813		)	(185,469		)
Interest expense	$	(38,108	)	$	(24,054	)	$	(37,163	)
Net income	$	108,967		$	130,770		$	169,418

Business Segment Assets [Table Text Block]

Business Segment Assets (in thousands):

	December 28, 2013		December 29, 2012
Rendering	$	1,884,010	$	1,107,052
Bakery	167,161		170,566
Corporate Activities	1,192,962		274,798
Total	$	3,244,133	$	1,552,416

Business Segment Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

Business Segment Property, Plant and Equipment (in thousands):

	December 28, 2013		December 29, 2012		December 31, 2011
Depreciation and amortization:
Rendering	$	80,482	$	66,964	$	66,412
Bakery	10,486		10,711		8,647
Corporate Activities	7,819		7,696		3,850
Total	$	98,787	$	85,371	$	78,909
Capital expenditures:
Rendering	$	75,612	$	70,873	$	51,888
Bakery	9,166		13,537		6,247
Corporate Activities	33,529		31,003		2,018
Total (a)	$	118,307	$	115,413	$	60,153

(a) Excludes the capital assets acquired as part of the acquisition of assets related to the Terra Transaction and the Rothsay Acquisition in fiscal 2013 of approximately $167.0 million and the BioPur acquisition in fiscal 2012 of approximately $0.6 million.

Geographic Area Net Trade Revenues [Table Text Block]

Geographic Area Net Trade Revenues (in thousands):

	December 28, 2013		December 29, 2012		December 31, 2011
Domestic	$	1,683,078	$	1,687,004	$	1,769,765
Canada	32,397		—		—
Mexico	8,075		14,425		27,484
Total	$	1,723,550	$	1,701,429	$	1,797,249

Net sales and long-lived assets related to the Company's operations in the U.S. and Canada were as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal Year 2013
	Sales		Long-Lived Assets
United States	$	1,691,153	$	1,490,833
Canada	32,397		625,797
Total	$	1,723,550	$	2,116,630