Contingencies	6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Contingencies [Abstract]
Contingencies	NOTE 15—CONTINGENCIES In May 2009, a customer notified the Company that it was seeking to recover out-of-pocket costs and damages associated with the customer's recall of certain peanut butter-based products. The customer recalled those products in January 2009 because they allegedly included ingredients that had the potential to be contaminated with salmonella. The customer's recall stemmed from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other authorities' investigation of Peanut Corporation of America, which supplied the Company with peanut paste and other ingredients. In accordance with the Company's contractual arrangements with the customer, the parties submitted these claims to mediation. In January 2011, the Company resolved all pending contractual and other claims, resulting in a payment by the Company of $5.0 and an obligation to pay an additional $5.0, subject to the customer's completion of certain contractual obligations through February 2013. The Company accrued $7.5 in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010 based on early estimates of the settlement amount, and accrued an additional $2.5 in the quarter ended December 31, 2010. Two subsidiaries of the Company are subject to three lawsuits brought by former employees currently pending in separate California state courts alleging, among other things, that employees did not receive statutorily mandated meal breaks resulting in incorrect payment of wages, inaccurate wage statements, unpaid overtime and incorrect payments to terminated employees. Each of these suits was filed as a class action and seeks to include in the class certain current and former employees of the respective subsidiary involved. In each case, the plaintiffs are seeking unpaid wages, interest, attorneys' fees, compensatory and other monetary damages, statutory penalties, and injunctive relief. No determination has been made by any court regarding class certification. In April 2012, the Company, plaintiffs and a third party staffing agency formerly used by the Company agreed to the terms of a proposed settlement with respect to these suits. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, the Company has agreed to pay $4.4 in order to resolve these claims. The Company accrued $4.4 related to the proposed settlement during the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, however, it is possible that up to $1.5 could be returned to the Company depending upon the number of current and former employees who participate in the settlement. The proposed settlement requires court approval which the Company expects will occur during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012. From time to time, the Company is a party to various other legal proceedings. In the opinion of management, based upon the information presently known, the ultimate liability, if any, arising from the pending legal proceedings, as well as from asserted legal claims and known potential legal claims which are likely to be asserted, taking into account established accruals for estimated liabilities (if any), are not expected to be material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In addition, while it is difficult to estimate the potential financial impact of actions regarding expenditures for compliance with regulatory matters, in the opinion of management, based upon the information currently available, the ultimate liability arising from such compliance matters is not expected to be material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

NOTE 15—CONTINGENCIES

In May 2009, a customer notified the Company that it was seeking to recover out-of-pocket costs and damages associated with the customer's recall of certain peanut butter-based products. The customer recalled those products in January 2009 because they allegedly included ingredients that had the potential to be contaminated with salmonella. The customer's recall stemmed from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other authorities' investigation of Peanut Corporation of America, which supplied the Company with peanut paste and other ingredients. In accordance with the Company's contractual arrangements with the customer, the parties submitted these claims to mediation. In January 2011, the Company resolved all pending contractual and other claims, resulting in a payment by the Company of $5.0 and an obligation to pay an additional $5.0, subject to the customer's completion of certain contractual obligations through February 2013. The Company accrued $7.5 in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010 based on early estimates of the settlement amount, and accrued an additional $2.5 in the quarter ended December 31, 2010.

Two subsidiaries of the Company are subject to three lawsuits brought by former employees currently pending in separate California state courts alleging, among other things, that employees did not receive statutorily mandated meal breaks resulting in incorrect payment of wages, inaccurate wage statements, unpaid overtime and incorrect payments to terminated employees. Each of these suits was filed as a class action and seeks to include in the class certain current and former employees of the respective subsidiary involved. In each case, the plaintiffs are seeking unpaid wages, interest, attorneys' fees, compensatory and other monetary damages, statutory penalties, and injunctive relief. No determination has been made by any court regarding class certification. In April 2012, the Company, plaintiffs and a third party staffing agency formerly used by the Company agreed to the terms of a proposed settlement with respect to these suits. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, the Company has agreed to pay $4.4 in order to resolve these claims. The Company accrued $4.4 related to the proposed settlement during the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Under the terms of the proposed settlement, however, it is possible that up to $1.5 could be returned to the Company depending upon the number of current and former employees who participate in the settlement. The proposed settlement requires court approval which the Company expects will occur during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.

From time to time, the Company is a party to various other legal proceedings. In the opinion of management, based upon the information presently known, the ultimate liability, if any, arising from the pending legal proceedings, as well as from asserted legal claims and known potential legal claims which are likely to be asserted, taking into account established accruals for estimated liabilities (if any), are not expected to be material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In addition, while it is difficult to estimate the potential financial impact of actions regarding expenditures for compliance with regulatory matters, in the opinion of management, based upon the information currently available, the ultimate liability arising from such compliance matters is not expected to be material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.