Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Information

Schedule of financial information of business segments

	Total Reportable Business Segments
	Consumer Products Group		Holland & Barrett International		Puritan's Pride			Vitamin World			Total		Corporate / Manufacturing			Consolidated
Fiscal 2015:
Net sales	$	1,883,164	$	885,872	$	248,982		$	208,106		$	3,226,124	$	—		$	3,226,124
Income (loss) from operations(1)(2)		186,348		185,984		26,107			(53,224	)		345,215		(126,514	)		218,701
Depreciation and amortization		36,057		22,279		11,423			3,776			73,535		61,871			135,406
Capital expenditures		1,469		55,227		1,771			4,588			63,055		52,405			115,460
Fiscal 2014:
Net sales	$	1,879,481	$	850,797	$	250,224		$	225,276		$	3,205,778	$	—		$	3,205,778
Income (loss) from operations(3)		177,069		191,207		(141,660	)		(26,975	)		199,641		(96,901	)		102,740
Depreciation and amortization		36,092		18,048		11,319			3,344			68,803		37,754			106,557
Capital expenditures		482		42,315		1,456			14,095			58,348		46,859			105,207
Fiscal 2013:
Net sales	$	1,938,921	$	743,861	$	246,731		$	233,528		$	3,163,041	$	—		$	3,163,041
Income (loss) from operations(4)		231,812		170,479		39,104			24,538			465,933		(136,168	)		329,765
Depreciation and amortization		36,517		14,320		10,137			2,708			63,682		46,954			110,636
Capital expenditures		971		27,198		4,411			5,557			38,137		91,083			129,220

(1)	Includes charges within Corporate / Manufacturing of $23,952 related to the sale of the nutritional bar assets and powder facility (see Note 4) and charges of $4,308 related to the Glucosamine settlement (see Note 11). Also includes charges in the Consumer Products Group and Puritan's Pride segments of $4,892 and $649, respectively, related to the write-off of goodwill in relation to the sale of the powder facility (see Note 7).
(2)	Includes a charge within the Vitamin World segment of $55,000 related to the impairment on its indefinite-lived tradenames (see Note 7).
(3)	Includes charges within the Puritan's Pride and Vitamin World segments of $171,590 and $35,744, respectively, related to the goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges (see Note 7).
(4)	Includes charges within Corporate / Manufacturing of $32,695 relating to the facility restructuring (see Note 4) and $12,000 related to the accrual of the Glucosamine settlement (see Note 11).

Schedule of total assets by segment

	2015		2014
			(As revised)
Reportable Business Segments:
Consumer Products Group	$	2,542,942	$	2,504,402
Holland & Barrett International		944,825		948,010
Puritan's Pride		514,795		513,218
Vitamin World		51,881		109,962
Total Reportable Business Segments:		4,054,443		4,075,592
Corporate / Manufacturing		813,966		747,817
Consolidated assets	$	4,868,409	$	4,823,409

Schedule of total net sales by location of customer

	2015		2014		2013
United States	$	1,934,729	$	1,934,668	$	2,024,178
United Kingdom		812,685		767,173		675,378
Canada		116,296		118,814		129,476
Netherlands		112,205		116,107		98,673
Ireland		35,820		40,235		36,655
Other foreign countries		214,389		228,781		198,681
Consolidated net sales	$	3,226,124	$	3,205,778	$	3,163,041

Schedule of long-lived assets - Property, plant and equipment

	2015		2014
United States	$	387,376	$	399,296
United Kingdom		160,131		146,814
Netherlands		22,969		15,778
Ireland		8,937		4,454
Canada		6,419		10,687
Other foreign countries		19,876		20,173
Consolidated long-lived assets	$	605,708	$	597,202

Schedule of foreign subsidiaries accounted for the percentages of total assets and total liabilities

	2015			2014
Total Assets		29	%		28	%
Total Liabilities		7	%		6	%