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Long-Term Debt (Amended Credit Agreement) - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Oct. 31, 2014
Dec. 19, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Total borrowing capacity available in line of credit facility $ 724,400,000gef_LineOfCreditFacilityExcessOfBorrowingAvailability    
Change in outstanding letter of credit 14,600,000gef_IncreaseDecreaseInLettersOfCredit    
Current portion 20,200,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent 17,600,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent  
Long-term debt 1,127,800,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 1,087,400,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent  
Minimum [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Leverage ratio, adjusted EBITDA 4.00gef_DebtInstrumentCovenantAnnualEarningsBeforeInterestTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization
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Maximum [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Interest coverage ratio, adjusted EBITDA 3.00gef_DebtInstrumentCovenantInterestCoverageRatio
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Amended Credit Agreement [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Amount borrowed under multi currency credit facility     1,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Amended Credit Agreement 212,100,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
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169,200,000us-gaap_DebtLongtermAndShorttermCombinedAmount
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Current portion 17,300,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
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Long-term debt $ 194,800,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
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Weighted average interest rate on the Amended Credit Agreement 1.59%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
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Actual interest rate on the Amended Credit Agreement 1.54%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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