Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 03, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Goodwill Activity

The following table reflects goodwill activity for fiscal 2015 and 2014:

in millions
	Chicken			Beef			Pork		Prepared Foods			Other(a)			Unallocated			Consolidated
Balance at September 28, 2013
Goodwill	$	908		$	1,123		$	317	$	75		$	68		$	—		$	2,491
Accumulated impairment losses	—			(560		)	—		—			(29		)	—			(589		)
	908			563			317		75			39			—			1,902
Fiscal 2014 Activity:
Acquisition	—			—			—		18			5			4,804			4,827
Reclass to assets held for sale	—			—			—		—			(16		)	—			(16		)
Impairment losses	—			—			—		—			(5		)	—			(5		)
Currency translation and other	(1		)	—			—		(1		)	—			—			(2		)
Balance at September 27, 2014
Goodwill	907			1,123			317		92			57			4,804			7,300
Accumulated impairment losses	—			(560		)	—		—			(34		)	—			(594		)
	$	907		$	563		$	317	$	92		$	23		$	4,804		$	6,706
Fiscal 2015 Activity:
Acquisition	$	—		$	—		$	—	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Measurement period adjustments	—			—			—		—			—			(14		)	(14		)
Allocation of acquired goodwill	658			113			106		3,913			—			(4,790		)	—
Impairment losses	—			—			—		—			(23		)	—			(23		)
Currency translation and other	(2		)	—			—		—			—			—			(2		)
Balance at October 3, 2015
Goodwill	1,563			1,236			423		4,005			57			—			7,284
Accumulated impairment losses	—			(560		)	—		—			(57		)	—			(617		)
	$	1,563		$	676		$	423	$	4,005		$	—		$	—		$	6,667

(a) Other included the goodwill from our international chicken operation.

Schedule Of Other Intangible Assets By Type

The following table reflects intangible assets by type at October 3, 2015, and September 27, 2014:

in millions
	2015		2014
Amortizable intangible assets:
Brands and trademarks	$	594	$	611
Customer relationships	564		570
Patents, intellectual property and other	115		136
Non-compete agreements	—		6
Land use rights	9		8
Total gross amortizable intangible assets	$	1,282	$	1,331
Less accumulated amortization	192		133
Total net amortizable intangible assets	$	1,090	$	1,198
Brands and trademarks not subject to amortization	4,078		4,078
Total intangible assets	$	5,168	$	5,276