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REPORTING SEGMENTS Segment Information (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended									5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				8 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2014	Sep. 28, 2014	Jun. 29, 2014	Mar. 30, 2014	Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 29, 2013	Sep. 29, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Sep. 26, 2013	Dec. 28, 2014	Dec. 29, 2013	Apr. 28, 2013	Apr. 29, 2012	Dec. 30, 2012	Sep. 27, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	$ 4,092.9us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 3,702.3us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 3,814.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 3,422.1us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 3,894.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet		$ 3,337.2us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 3,337.8us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 3,326.9us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet		$ 15,031.3us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 13,896.1us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Operating profit	224.9us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	250.1us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	260.2us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	196.4us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	111.3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss		78.6us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	89.8us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	58.8us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss		931.6us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	338.5us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Total assets	10,147.6us-gaap_Assets				9,954.8us-gaap_Assets	9,954.8us-gaap_Assets					10,147.6us-gaap_Assets	9,954.8us-gaap_Assets
Goodwill	1,631.5us-gaap_Goodwill										1,631.5us-gaap_Goodwill					1,622.5us-gaap_Goodwill
Capital expenditures						69.9				139.8	301.4		278.0	290.7
Investments	498.0us-gaap_Investments				496.5us-gaap_Investments	496.5us-gaap_Investments					498.0us-gaap_Investments	496.5us-gaap_Investments
Fresh Pork and Packaged Meats segments combined [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	3,807.5				3,786.8	3,786.8					3,807.5	3,786.8
Capital expenditures						27.1				80.0	120.9		156.9	143.5
Investments	21.1				19.7	19.7					21.1	19.7
Fresh Pork Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill																25.1
Packaged Meats Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Goodwill																1,518.9
Hog Production Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	2,142.9				2,136.6	2,136.6					2,142.9	2,136.6
Goodwill																4.0
Capital expenditures						37.4				51.6	132.4		90.0	89.4
Investments	3.9				3.3	3.3					3.9	3.3
International Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	1,536.2				1,714.2	1,714.2					1,536.2	1,714.2
Goodwill																74.5
Capital expenditures						5.3				7.6	48.1		24.8	26.5
Investments	472.8				473.3	473.3					472.8	473.3
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total assets	2,661.0				2,317.2	2,317.2					2,661.0	2,317.2
Capital expenditures						0.1				0.6	0		6.3	31.3
Investments	0.2				0.2	0.2					0.2	0.2
Predecessor
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales										5,679.5			13,221.1	13,094.3	8,898.7
Depreciation and amortization										106.5			239.9	242.8
Interest expense (income)										64.6			168.7	176.7
(Income) loss from equity method investments										0.5			(15.0)	9.9	6.5
Operating profit										129.2			519.3	722.6	421.2
Goodwill										828.0			782.4
Capital expenditures										139.8			278.0	290.7
Predecessor \| Fresh Pork Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization										22.2			50.2	45.0
Interest expense (income)										(0.2)			(2.5)	11.6
(Income) loss from equity method investments										(0.4)			(0.9)	(1.3)
Operating profit										(50.7)			161.6	222.0
Predecessor \| Packaged Meats Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization										38.1			85.9	82.8
Interest expense (income)										(0.5)			(3.0)	17.1
(Income) loss from equity method investments										(1.1)			(0.6)	(1.4)
Operating profit										149.2			470.0	401.7
Predecessor \| Hog Production Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization										28.1			63.8	71.9
Interest expense (income)										83.8			167.0	131.8
(Income) loss from equity method investments										(0.1)			0.1	0.3
Operating profit										81.4			(119.1)	166.1
Goodwill										420.0			420.0
Predecessor \| International Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization										16.8			35.8	39.9
Interest expense (income)										11.1			28.2	29.8
(Income) loss from equity method investments										2.1			(13.6)	12.3
Operating profit										15.9			108.2	42.8
Goodwill										132.7			130.6
Predecessor \| Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization										1.3			4.2	3.2
Interest expense (income)										(29.6)			(21.0)	(13.6)
Operating profit										(66.6)			(101.4)	(110.0)
Successor
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales						3,894.2					15,031.3
Depreciation and amortization						55.4					230.8
Interest expense (income)						59.0					159.4
(Income) loss from equity method investments						2.6					(58.2)
Operating profit						111.2					931.6
Total assets	10,147.6				9,954.8	9,954.8					10,147.6	9,954.8
Goodwill	1,626.2				1,622.5	1,622.5					1,626.2	1,622.5
Capital expenditures						69.9					301.4
Successor \| Fresh Pork Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization						14.3					59.8
Interest expense (income)						0					0.3
(Income) loss from equity method investments						(0.1)					(1.2)
Operating profit						96.0					96.7
Goodwill	32.2				25.1	25.1					32.2	25.1
Successor \| Packaged Meats Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization						22.0					89.9
Interest expense (income)						(0.3)					(1.2)
(Income) loss from equity method investments						0.3					(1.1)
Operating profit						81.7					459.8
Goodwill	1,518.3				1,518.9	1,518.9					1,518.3	1,518.9
Successor \| Hog Production Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization						10.8					47.3
Interest expense (income)						53.3					195.9
(Income) loss from equity method investments						(0.1)					(1.0)
Operating profit						(40.6)					344.2
Goodwill	3.9				4.0	4.0					3.9	4.0
Successor \| International Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization						7.7					31.6
Interest expense (income)						6.0					12.7
(Income) loss from equity method investments						2.5					(54.9)
Operating profit						25.4					155.8
Goodwill	71.8				74.5	74.5					71.8	74.5
Successor \| Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization						0.6					2.2
Interest expense (income)						0					(48.3)
Operating profit						(51.3)					(124.9)
International \| Predecessor
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales										627.7			1,431.4	1,430.4
International \| Successor
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales						417.8					1,613.1
Operating Segments [Member] \| Predecessor
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales										6,864.7			15,679.7	15,612.3
Operating Segments [Member] \| Predecessor \| Fresh Pork Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales										2,240.3			4,924.1	5,089.4
Operating Segments [Member] \| Predecessor \| Packaged Meats Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales										2,541.7			6,152.0	6,003.6
Operating Segments [Member] \| Predecessor \| Hog Production Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales										1,439.1			3,135.1	3,052.6
Operating Segments [Member] \| Predecessor \| International Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales										643.6			1,468.5	1,466.7
Operating Segments [Member] \| Successor
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales						4,633.6					17,991.6
Operating Segments [Member] \| Successor \| Fresh Pork Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
WH Group Fresh Pork Sales						601.7					2,400.0
Segment sales						1,347.3					5,780.0
Operating Segments [Member] \| Successor \| Packaged Meats Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales						1,968.9					7,173.0
Operating Segments [Member] \| Successor \| Hog Production Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales						889.2					3,384.6
Operating Segments [Member] \| Successor \| International Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales						428.2					1,654.0
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Predecessor
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales										(1,166.2)			(2,418.8)	(2,481.0)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Predecessor \| Fresh Pork Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales										(19.0)			(39.8)	(37.0)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Predecessor \| Packaged Meats Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales										0			(1.6)	(0.1)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Predecessor \| Hog Production Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales										(1,150.3)			(2,380.1)	(2,444.6)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Predecessor \| International Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales										(15.9)			(37.1)	(36.3)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Successor
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales						(739.4)					(2,960.3)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Successor \| Fresh Pork Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales						(12.0)					(56.4)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Successor \| Packaged Meats Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales						(0.2)					(0.2)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Successor \| Hog Production Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales						(716.8)					(2,862.8)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Successor \| International Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment sales						$ (10.4)					$ (40.9)