Segment Information (Details) (USD $)	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		6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 Corporate costs		Jun. 30, 2013 Corporate costs	Jun. 30, 2014 Corporate costs		Jun. 30, 2013 Corporate costs	Jun. 30, 2014 Corporate costs Fyffes transaction General and administrative expense	Mar. 31, 2014 Corporate costs Fyffes transaction General and administrative expense	Jun. 30, 2014 Bananas [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Bananas [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Bananas [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Bananas [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Bananas [Member] Cost of sales	Jun. 30, 2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks		Jun. 30, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks	Jun. 30, 2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks		Jun. 30, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks		Jun. 30, 2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks General and administrative expense	Jun. 30, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks Fruit ingredient business Cost of sales	Jun. 30, 2014 Other Produce	Jun. 30, 2013 Other Produce	Jun. 30, 2014 Other Produce	Jun. 30, 2013 Other Produce	Jun. 30, 2014 European Bananas [Member] General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 825,847,000	$ 812,171,000	$ 1,587,837,000	$ 1,586,423,000									$ 537,340,000		$ 517,692,000	$ 1,038,871,000		$ 1,025,643,000		$ 249,317,000		$ 260,218,000	$ 478,928,000		$ 500,290,000				$ 39,190,000	$ 34,261,000	$ 70,038,000	$ 60,490,000
Operating income	36,733,000	40,576,000	37,321,000	65,714,000	(13,856,000)	[1]	(15,542,000)	(30,567,000)	[1]	(27,014,000)			43,332,000	[2]	53,168,000	64,021,000	[2]	83,399,000		7,227,000	[3]	2,993,000	3,742,000	[3]	9,750,000	[3]			30,000	(43,000)	125,000	(421,000)
Loss from Changeover of Vessels																			5,000,000
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Properties																																	1,000,000
inventory and equipment write downs and severance expense related to product resizing, product discontinuation and overhead savings initiatives																											2,000,000
Severance costs																												1,000,000
Business combination, acquisition related costs	$ 3,000,000		$ 9,000,000								$ 9,000,000	$ 3,000,000

[1] Includes $3 million and $9 million of costs for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, for the proposed combination with Fyffes.

[2] Includes $5 million of cost related to the changeover of vessels at the end of the leases and a $1 million gain on the sale of a ripening facility in Europe in the second quarter of 2014.

[3] Includes $2 million of cost in the second quarter of 2014 related to inventory and equipment write downs and severance expense related to product resizing, product discontinuation and overhead savings initiatives. Includes $1 million of "Cost of sales" in the first quarter of 2013 for severance costs related to a fruit ingredient business.