QUARTERLY RESULTS (UNAUDITED) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, £ in Millions |
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Oct. 15, 2019
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Oct. 15, 2019
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Dec. 27, 2020
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Sep. 27, 2020
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Jun. 28, 2020
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Mar. 29, 2020
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Dec. 29, 2019
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Sep. 29, 2019
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Jun. 30, 2019
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Mar. 31, 2019
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Dec. 30, 2018
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Sep. 30, 2018
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Jul. 01, 2018
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Apr. 01, 2018
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Dec. 27, 2020
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Dec. 29, 2019
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Dec. 30, 2018
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| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ 3,117,829 | $ 3,075,121 | $ 2,824,023 | $ 3,074,928 | $ 3,063,489 | $ 2,777,970 | $ 2,843,085 | $ 2,724,675 | $ 2,656,789 | $ 2,697,604 | $ 2,836,713 | $ 2,746,678 | $ 12,091,901 | $ 11,409,219 | $ 10,937,784 | ||
| Gross profit | 227,396 | 313,842 | 119,859 | 177,099 | 201,394 | 282,197 | 367,864 | 218,939 | 111,848 | 169,741 | 274,222 | 287,665 | 838,196 | 1,070,394 | 843,476 | ||
| Net income (loss) attributable to PPC | $ 79 | $ 33,446 | $ (6,036) | $ 67,268 | $ 92,080 | $ 109,765 | $ 170,068 | $ 84,011 | $ (7,324) | $ 29,310 | $ 106,541 | $ 119,418 | $ 94,757 | $ 455,924 | $ 247,945 | ||
| Net income per share amounts - basic (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0 | $ 0.14 | $ (0.02) | $ 0.27 | $ 0.37 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.68 | $ 0.34 | $ (0.03) | $ 0.12 | $ 0.43 | $ 0.48 | $ 0.39 | $ 1.83 | $ 1.00 | ||
| Net income per share amounts - diluted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0 | $ 0.14 | $ (0.02) | $ 0.27 | $ 0.37 | $ 0.44 | $ 0.68 | $ 0.34 | $ (0.03) | $ 0.12 | $ 0.43 | $ 0.48 | $ 0.39 | $ 1.83 | $ 1.00 | ||
| Gain on bargain purchase | $ (2,000) | $ (1,700) | $ (3,746) | $ 56,880 | $ 0 | ||||||||||||
| Luverne, Minnesota | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Closure | |||||||||||||||||
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| Impairment charges, assets held for sale and disposed | $ 300 | $ 500 | |||||||||||||||
| Rose Energy, Ltd. | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Closure | |||||||||||||||||
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| Impairment charges, assets held for sale and disposed | $ 2,600 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tulip Ltd. and Subsidiaries | |||||||||||||||||
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| Percentage of equity acquired | 100.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cash consideration | $ 393,300 | £ 311.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Gain on bargain purchase | 56,900 | ||||||||||||||||
| Transaction costs | $ 1,400 | $ 1,300 | $ 1,300 | ||||||||||||||
| Moy Park and GNP | |||||||||||||||||
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| Transaction costs | $ 200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hurricane | Business Interruption | Hurricane Michael | |||||||||||||||||
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| Catastrophe costs | 3,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hurricane | Business Interruption | Hurricane Maria | |||||||||||||||||
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| Catastrophe costs | $ 11,900 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Impairment of leasehold improvements | $ 100 | ||||||||||||||||
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