Segment Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Corporate costs		Sep. 30, 2013 Corporate costs	Sep. 30, 2014 Corporate costs		Sep. 30, 2013 Corporate costs	Sep. 30, 2014 Corporate costs Fyffes transaction General and administrative expense	Sep. 30, 2014 Corporate costs Fyffes transaction General and administrative expense	Sep. 30, 2014 Corporate costs Cutrale Safra transaction General and administrative expense	Sep. 30, 2014 Corporate costs Cutrale Safra transaction General and administrative expense	Sep. 30, 2014 Bananas [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Bananas [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Bananas [Member]		Sep. 30, 2013 Bananas [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Bananas [Member] Cost of sales	Sep. 30, 2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks		Sep. 30, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks		Sep. 30, 2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks		Sep. 30, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks		Sep. 30, 2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks General and administrative expense	Sep. 30, 2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks General and administrative expense	Sep. 30, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks Fruit ingredient business Cost of sales	Sep. 30, 2014 Other Produce		Sep. 30, 2013 Other Produce	Sep. 30, 2014 Other Produce	Sep. 30, 2013 Other Produce	Sep. 30, 2014 European Bananas [Member] General and administrative expense	Dec. 31, 2013 European Salads and Healthy Snacks	Dec. 31, 2012 European Salads and Healthy Snacks
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 738,551,000	$ 723,062,000	$ 2,326,388,000	$ 2,309,485,000											$ 477,472,000	$ 455,981,000	$ 1,516,343,000		$ 1,481,625,000		$ 234,235,000		$ 239,102,000	[1]	$ 713,163,000		$ 739,392,000	[1]				$ 26,844,000		$ 27,979,000	$ 96,882,000	$ 88,468,000		$ 2,000,000	$ 12,000,000
Operating income	(1,438,000)	1,153,000	35,883,000	66,867,000	(21,024,000)	[2]	(14,056,000)	(51,591,000)	[3]	(41,070,000)					18,138,000	18,039,000	82,159,000	[4]	101,438,000		6,236,000	[3]	(5,155,000)		9,978,000	[3]	4,595,000					(4,788,000)	[2]	2,325,000	(4,663,000)	1,904,000
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	5,000,000
Severance costs																															1,000,000
Liability for Unpaid Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense, Claims Paid, Prior Years																																3,000,000
Business combination, acquisition related costs	$ 8,235,000	$ 0	$ 16,907,000	$ 0							$ 4,000,000	$ 13,000,000	$ 4,000,000	$ 4,000,000

[1] Includes $5 million of cost related to the changeover of vessels at the end of the respective leases and a $1 million gain on the sale of a ripening facility in Europe in the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

[2] Includes $4 million and $13 million of costs for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, for the proposed combination with Fyffes. Includes $4 million of costs in the third quarter of 2014 for the due diligence related to the unsolicited offer from the Cutrale Group and the Safra Group.

[3] Includes $3 million in the third quarter of 2014 related to a claim settlement with a former supplier of other produce products that were discontinued in previous periods.

[4] Includes $2 million and $5 million of cost in the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014 related to severance, product resizing, product discontinuation, equipment write-downs and a legal settlement. Includes $1 million of "Cost of sales" in 2013 for severance costs related to a fruit ingredient business.