Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended					6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2015		Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		$ 776,647			$ 825,847		$ 1,501,978	$ 1,587,837
Operating income (loss)		70,148			36,733		57,218	37,321
Transaction costs		11,661			2,753		59,640	8,672
Fyffes transaction | General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Transaction costs					3,000			9,000
Cutrale Safra transaction | General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Transaction costs		12,000					60,000
Corporate costs
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income (loss)	[1]	(25,833)	[2]		(13,856)		(80,284)	(30,567)
Corporate costs | Cutrale Safra transaction | General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Transaction costs				$ 4,000
Bananas [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		502,194			537,340		973,198	1,038,871
Operating income (loss)		65,984	[2]		43,332	[3]	94,561	64,021	[3]
Bananas [Member] | Bananas [Member] | Cost of sales
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Loss from Changeover of Vessels					5,000
Bananas [Member] | Cutrale Safra transaction | General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Transaction costs				1,000
Salads and Healthy Snacks
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		248,108			249,317		478,341	478,928
Operating income (loss)		27,818	[2]		7,227	[4]	38,719	3,742	[4]
Salads and Healthy Snacks | Salads and Healthy Snacks | General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
inventory and equipment write downs and severance expense related to product resizing, product discontinuation and overhead savings initiatives					2,000
Salads and Healthy Snacks | Cutrale Safra transaction | General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Transaction costs				3,000
Other Produce
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		26,345			39,190		50,439	70,038
Operating income (loss)		$ 2,179	[2]		30		$ 4,222	$ 125
Other Produce | Cutrale Safra transaction | General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Transaction costs				$ 1,000
European | Bananas [Member] | General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Properties					$ 1,000

[1] Includes $12 million and $3 million of transaction costs for the quarters ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, and $60 million and $9 million of transaction costs for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, related to the Merger Agreement and the terminated Fyffes plc. strategic combination.

[2] Includes a reclassification of less than $1 million of transaction costs not properly classified as of March 31, 2015 and included in the Bananas segment, less than $1 million in Other Produce segment. and $3 million in Salads and Healthy Snacks segment, aggregating to $4 million which should have been included in Corporate costs.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.