Cumulative Amount of Mark-to-Market Gains (Losses) on Commodity Derivatives

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The amount of gain (loss) from commodity derivative positions reclassified from unallocated derivative (gains) losses to segment income.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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SEGMENT INFORMATION - NARRATIVE (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
SEGMENT INFORMATION - NARRATIVE (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 27, 2026 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2025 USD ($)	Sep. 26, 2027 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2026 USD ($) segment	Sep. 28, 2025 USD ($)
Segment Reporting, Entity-Wide Information Not Provided as Part of Reportable Segment, Customer, Extent of Reliance [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| segment				3
Operating Segments \| Commodities futures and options
Segment Reporting, Entity-Wide Information Not Provided as Part of Reportable Segment, Customer, Extent of Reliance [Line Items]
Net pre-tax gains on commodity derivatives	$ (31,485)	$ 8,495		$ (47,250)	$ 335,275
Scenario, Forecast \| Operating Segments \| Commodities futures and options
Segment Reporting, Entity-Wide Information Not Provided as Part of Reportable Segment, Customer, Extent of Reliance [Line Items]
Net pre-tax gains on commodity derivatives			$ 410,510
Income Statement Location [Axis]: us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold \| Commodities futures and options
Segment Reporting, Entity-Wide Information Not Provided as Part of Reportable Segment, Customer, Extent of Reliance [Line Items]
Cumulative amount of mark-to-market gains (losses) on commodity derivatives				$ 596,307