Segment Information (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended				3 Months Ended						6 Months Ended					3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended				3 Months Ended								6 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Corporate costs USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2012 Corporate costs USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2013 Corporate costs USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2012 Corporate costs USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2013 Bananas USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2012 Bananas USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2012 Bananas USD ($) ship	Dec. 31, 2011 Bananas ship	Jun. 30, 2013 Bananas USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2012 Bananas USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2012 Bananas ship	Jun. 30, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2012 Salads and Healthy Snacks USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2012 Salads and Healthy Snacks USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2012 Salads and Healthy Snacks Cost of sales Closure of a research and development facility USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks Fruit ingredient business Cost of sales USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Salads and Healthy Snacks Healthy snacking products Cost of sales USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Salads and Healthy Snacks Healthy snacking products Selling, general and administrative Sales force restructuring European USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Other Produce USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2012 Other Produce USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2013 Other Produce USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2012 Other Produce USD ($)		Mar. 31, 2012 Other Produce Cost of sales USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Danone JV Expected contribution in Q3 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Danone JV Expected contribution in Q3 2013 EUR (€)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Expected contributions to a joint venture																																													$ 18,000,000	€ 14,000,000
Net sales	812,171,000	833,165,000	1,586,423,000	1,626,649,000									517,692,000		532,790,000				1,025,643,000		1,053,016,000			260,218,000		251,674,000		500,290,000		489,487,000						34,261,000		48,701,000		60,490,000		84,146,000
Operating income (loss)	40,576,000	17,597,000	65,714,000	17,163,000	(15,542,000)	[1]	(18,278,000)	[1]	(27,014,000)	[1]	(31,991,000)	[1]	53,168,000	[2]	29,097,000	[2]			83,399,000	[2]	48,112,000	[2]		2,993,000	[3]	10,142,000	[3]	9,750,000	[3]	10,408,000	[3]					(43,000)	[4]	(3,364,000)	[4]	(421,000)	[4]	(9,366,000)	[4]
Acceleration of losses on ship sublease arrangements net of related sale-leaseback gain amortization																	6,000,000
Sale-leaseback gain amortization			6,848,000	8,591,000													2,000,000
Number of ships removed from service and subleased																	3	2					5
Severance costs																																	1,000,000
Inventory write-offs																																		1,000,000										2,000,000
Business exit costs																																$ 1,000,000			$ 1,000,000

[1] Includes "Restructuring and relocation costs" further detailed in Note 2.

[2] Includes the acceleration of $6 million of losses on ship sublease arrangements in the first quarter of 2012, net of $2 million of related sale-leaseback gain amortization during the sublease period. As part of the company's European shipping reconfiguration, five ships, two in the fourth quarter of 2011 and three in the first quarter of 2012, were removed from service and subleased. The primary leases for an equivalent number of ships were not renewed at the end of 2012. These accelerated sublease losses are included in "Cost of sales."

[3] Includes $1 million of "Cost of sales" in the first quarter of 2013 for severance costs related to a fruit ingredient business. Includes $1 million of "Cost of sales" in the first quarter of 2012 primarily related to inventory write-offs to exit healthy snacking products that were not sufficiently profitable and $1 million of "Selling, general and administrative" to restructure the European healthy snacking sales force. These costs related to actions completed during the first quarter of 2012. Includes $1 million in "Cost of sales" in the second quarter of 2012, primarily related to the closure of a research and development facility.

[4] Includes $2 million of "Cost of sales" in the first quarter of 2012, primarily related to inventory write-offs to exit low-margin other produce.