Subsequent Events	6 Months Ended
Apr. 01, 2017
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Sale of Non-Protein Businesses On April 24, 2017, we announced our intent to sell three non-protein businesses as part of our strategic focus on protein-packed brands. These businesses, which are all part of our Prepared Foods segment, include Sara Lee® Frozen Bakery, Kettle and Van’s® and produce items such as frozen desserts, waffles, breakfast bars, and soups, sauces and sides. The sale is also expected to include the Chef Pierre®, Bistro Collection®, Kettle Collection™, and Van’s® brands, a license to use the Sara Lee® brand in various channels, as well as our Tarboro, North Carolina, Fort Worth, Texas, and Traverse City, Michigan, prepared foods facilities. In our third quarter of fiscal 2017, we determined these businesses met the definition of assets held for sale, and accordingly, will be presented as such in future periods. The net carrying value of these businesses approximated $800 million at April 1, 2017, which also included allocated goodwill, certain intangible assets and deferred taxes. The net carrying value will change in future periods due to such items as normal business operations, timing of closing of the sale, as well as final negotiated deal terms. We anticipate we will be able to identify buyers and close the transactions within the next twelve months and expect to record a net gain as a result of the sale of these businesses. AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc. Acquisition On April 25, 2017, we entered into a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc. ("AdvancePierre") for $40.25 per share in cash without interest, or approximately $3.2 billion, and assume approximately $1.1 billion of AdvancePierre's gross debt, as part of our strategy to sustainably feed the world with the fastest growing portfolio of protein-packed brands. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions described therein, Tyson will cause a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of Tyson (the "Merger Sub") to commence a cash tender offer (the “Offer”) to acquire all of AdvancePierre’s outstanding shares of common stock for $40.25 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, subject to any required withholding of taxes. The Offer will initially expire 20 business days following the commencement of the Offer. Under certain circumstances, Merger Sub may be required to extend the Offer on one or more occasions in accordance with the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Merger Sub will not be required to extend the Offer beyond December 25, 2017, and may not extend the Offer beyond such date without the prior written consent of AdvancePierre. Upon closing the transaction, we expect to retire all of AdvancePierre's debt as part of our permanent financing of the acquisition. Concurrently with entering into the Merger Agreement, Tyson and Merger Sub entered into a separate tender and support agreement (the “Tender and Support Agreement”) with the principal stockholder of AdvancePierre, Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and its affiliates (collectively, “Oaktree”), beneficially owning, as of April 25, 2017, approximately 42% of the outstanding shares of AdvancePierre’s common stock. Under the Tender and Support Agreement, Oaktree agreed to tender all of its shares of AdvancePierre common stock in the Offer. The Tender and Support Agreement terminates upon the first to occur of (i) the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement); (ii) termination of the Merger Agreement; (iii) AdvancePierre’s Board of Directors changing its recommendation regarding the Offer; or (iv) with respect to any individual stockholder party to the Tender and Support Agreement, a reduction in the Offer Price. Merger Sub’s obligation to purchase the shares of AdvancePierre stock tendered in the Offer is subject to customary conditions, including (i) shares of AdvancePierre stock having been validly tendered and received and not withdrawn that represent, together with the shares then owned by Tyson and Merger Sub and any other direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tyson, at least a majority of the then-outstanding shares of AdvancePierre stock, (ii) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, without the imposition of a “Burdensome Condition” (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (iii) the absence of any applicable law or any injunction or other order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States challenging or seeking to prevent the consummation of the Offer (or the related merger) or seeking to impose a Burdensome Condition. The consummation of the Offer is not subject to any financing condition. As soon as possible (and in no event later than two business days) after the time at which the Offer closes, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into AdvancePierre, with AdvancePierre surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Tyson, pursuant to the procedure provided for under Delaware General Corporation Law without any additional stockholder approvals, and any remaining shares of AdvancePierre stock not tendered in the Offer will be converted into the right to receive $40.25 per share in cash, without interest. We expect to close the acquisition in our third quarter of fiscal 2017 upon the completion of the Offer; however, there can be no assurance that the acquisition will close at such time. Additionally, a termination fee of $100 million may be payable by either party should the Offer be terminated under certain conditions. Acquisition Financing In the third quarter of fiscal 2017, we entered into a commitment letter establishing an aggregate principal amount of $4.5 billion of commitments under a 364-day senior unsecured bridge facility. The bridge facility, together with cash on hand, will be available to fund the AdvancePierre acquisition and debt extinguishment, including the payment of related fees and expenses, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions. The commitment letter provides that the commitments will be automatically reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by, among other things, the net cash proceeds of certain offerings of debt and certain term loan facilities and will mature on the date that is 364 days after the date on which lenders are obligated to make initial loans under the bridge facility. The bridge facility is expected to contain certain covenants which are consistent with our existing covenants that are described in Note 6: Debt. Permanent financing for the AdvancePierre acquisition is expected to include a mix of senior notes, term loans, commercial paper and cash on hand. We anticipate securing the remainder of the permanent financing in our third quarter of fiscal 2017.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Sale of Non-Protein Businesses

On April 24, 2017, we announced our intent to sell three non-protein businesses as part of our strategic focus on protein-packed brands. These businesses, which are all part of our Prepared Foods segment, include Sara Lee® Frozen Bakery, Kettle and Van’s® and produce items such as frozen desserts, waffles, breakfast bars, and soups, sauces and sides. The sale is also expected to include the Chef Pierre®, Bistro Collection®, Kettle Collection™, and Van’s® brands, a license to use the Sara Lee® brand in various channels, as well as our Tarboro, North Carolina, Fort Worth, Texas, and Traverse City, Michigan, prepared foods facilities. In our third quarter of fiscal 2017, we determined these businesses met the definition of assets held for sale, and accordingly, will be presented as such in future periods. The net carrying value of these businesses approximated $800 million at April 1, 2017, which also included allocated goodwill, certain intangible assets and deferred taxes. The net carrying value will change in future periods due to such items as normal business operations, timing of closing of the sale, as well as final negotiated deal terms. We anticipate we will be able to identify buyers and close the transactions within the next twelve months and expect to record a net gain as a result of the sale of these businesses.

AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc. Acquisition

On April 25, 2017, we entered into a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc. ("AdvancePierre") for $40.25 per share in cash without interest, or approximately $3.2 billion, and assume approximately $1.1 billion of AdvancePierre's gross debt, as part of our strategy to sustainably feed the world with the fastest growing portfolio of protein-packed brands. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions described therein, Tyson will cause a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of Tyson (the "Merger Sub") to commence a cash tender offer (the “Offer”) to acquire all of AdvancePierre’s outstanding shares of common stock for $40.25 per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, subject to any required withholding of taxes. The Offer will initially expire 20 business days following the commencement of the Offer. Under certain circumstances, Merger Sub may be required to extend the Offer on one or more occasions in accordance with the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Merger Sub will not be required to extend the Offer beyond December 25, 2017, and may not extend the Offer beyond such date without the prior written consent of AdvancePierre. Upon closing the transaction, we expect to retire all of AdvancePierre's debt as part of our permanent financing of the acquisition.

Concurrently with entering into the Merger Agreement, Tyson and Merger Sub entered into a separate tender and support agreement (the “Tender and Support Agreement”) with the principal stockholder of AdvancePierre, Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and its affiliates (collectively, “Oaktree”), beneficially owning, as of April 25, 2017, approximately 42% of the outstanding shares of AdvancePierre’s common stock. Under the Tender and Support Agreement, Oaktree agreed to tender all of its shares of AdvancePierre common stock in the Offer. The Tender and Support Agreement terminates upon the first to occur of (i) the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement); (ii) termination of the Merger Agreement; (iii) AdvancePierre’s Board of Directors changing its recommendation regarding the Offer; or (iv) with respect to any individual stockholder party to the Tender and Support Agreement, a reduction in the Offer Price.

Merger Sub’s obligation to purchase the shares of AdvancePierre stock tendered in the Offer is subject to customary conditions, including (i) shares of AdvancePierre stock having been validly tendered and received and not withdrawn that represent, together with the shares then owned by Tyson and Merger Sub and any other direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tyson, at least a majority of the then-outstanding shares of AdvancePierre stock, (ii) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, without the imposition of a “Burdensome Condition” (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (iii) the absence of any applicable law or any injunction or other order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States challenging or seeking to prevent the consummation of the Offer (or the related merger) or seeking to impose a Burdensome Condition. The consummation of the Offer is not subject to any financing condition.

As soon as possible (and in no event later than two business days) after the time at which the Offer closes, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into AdvancePierre, with AdvancePierre surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Tyson, pursuant to the procedure provided for under Delaware General Corporation Law without any additional stockholder approvals, and any remaining shares of AdvancePierre stock not tendered in the Offer will be converted into the right to receive $40.25 per share in cash, without interest.

We expect to close the acquisition in our third quarter of fiscal 2017 upon the completion of the Offer; however, there can be no assurance that the acquisition will close at such time. Additionally, a termination fee of $100 million may be payable by either party should the Offer be terminated under certain conditions.

Acquisition Financing

In the third quarter of fiscal 2017, we entered into a commitment letter establishing an aggregate principal amount of $4.5 billion of commitments under a 364-day senior unsecured bridge facility. The bridge facility, together with cash on hand, will be available to fund the AdvancePierre acquisition and debt extinguishment, including the payment of related fees and expenses, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions. The commitment letter provides that the commitments will be automatically reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by, among other things, the net cash proceeds of certain offerings of debt and certain term loan facilities and will mature on the date that is 364 days after the date on which lenders are obligated to make initial loans under the bridge facility. The bridge facility is expected to contain certain covenants which are consistent with our existing covenants that are described in Note 6: Debt.

Permanent financing for the AdvancePierre acquisition is expected to include a mix of senior notes, term loans, commercial paper and cash on hand. We anticipate securing the remainder of the permanent financing in our third quarter of fiscal 2017.