Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended					9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2015		Mar. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014		Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales		$ 674,700			$ 738,551		$ 2,176,678	$ 2,326,388
Operating income (loss)		23,168			(1,438)		80,386	35,883
Transaction costs		7,630			8,235		67,270	16,907
Fyffes transaction | General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Transaction costs					8,000			17,000
Cutrale Safra transaction | General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Transaction costs		8,000					67,000
Corporate costs
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income (loss)	[2]	(14,288)	[1]		(21,024)		(94,572)	(51,591)
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		416,222			477,472		1,389,420	1,516,343
Operating income (loss)		14,617	[1]		18,138	[3]	109,178	82,159	[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		237,715			234,235		716,055	713,163
Operating income (loss)		23,499	[1]		6,236	[4]	62,218	9,978	[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			5,000
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		20,763			26,844		71,203	96,882
Operating income (loss)		$ (660)	[1]		(4,788)		$ 3,562	$ (4,663)
European | Bananas [Member] | General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Properties					$ 1,000

[1] .

[2] Includes $8 million of transaction costs for each of the quarters ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and $67 million and $17 million of transaction costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, related to the Merger Agreement and the terminated Fyffes plc. strategic combination.

[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

[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.