Goodwill And Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Goodwill And Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Changes In The Carrying Amount Of Goodwill

		December 31		December 31		December 31		December 31
	Fresh Dairy Direct		WhiteWave- Alpro		Morningstar		Total
	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2009	$	2,223,565	$	712,912	$	336,337	$	3,272,814
Acquisitions and purchase accounting adjustments		(4,696)		—		—		(4,696)
Foreign currency translation		—		(6,487)		—		(6,487)
Goodwill transferred to assets held for sale (1)		(55,084)		—		(27,355)		(82,439)
Balance at December 31, 2010	$	2,163,785	$	706,425	$	308,982	$	3,179,192
Goodwill impairment		(2,075,836)		—		—		(2,075,836)
Acquisitions and purchase accounting adjustments		—		—		—		—
Foreign currency translation		—		(3,655)		—		(3,655)
Divestitures (Note 2)		(1,108)		—		(2,888)		(3,996)
Other (2)		—		59,566		—		59,566
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	86,841	$	762,336	$	306,094	$	1,155,271

(1) In the fourth quarter of 2010, we entered into agreements to sell our Mountain High and private label yogurt operations. In connection with these divestitures, goodwill of $82.4 million was allocated to these operations and recorded as assets held for sale as of December 31, 2010.

(2) In 2011, we identified that we had not set up a deferred tax liability for a trademark acquired as part of our acquisition of WhiteWave in 2002. We corrected this error as of December 31, 2011 and recorded an increase in the goodwill attributable to our WhiteWave reporting unit of $59.6 million, with a corresponding increase in deferred tax liabilities. See Note 8.

Gross Carrying Amount And Accumulated Amortization Of Intangible Assets

		December 31		December 31		December 31		December 31		December 31		December 31
	December 31
	2011						2010
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount
	(In thousands)
Intangible assets with indefinite lives:
Trademarks(1)	$	586,663	$	—	$	586,663	$	593,387	$	—	$	593,387
Intangible assets with finite lives:
Customer-related and other (1)		131,751		(53,652)		78,099		133,829		(44,622)		89,207
Trademarks(1)(2)		10,564		(4,938)		5,626		18,614		(4,474)		14,140
Total	$	728,978	$	(58,590)	$	670,388	$	745,830	$	(49,096)	$	696,734

(1) We wrote off $4.6 million of indefinite-lived intangibles and $1.5 million of net finite-lived intangibles during 2011 related to the divestitures disclosed in Note 2. The remaining decrease in the carrying amount of intangible assets with indefinite lives is primarily the result of foreign currency translation adjustments.

(2) During 2011, we sold a trademark with a gross carrying amount of $7.5 million.

Amortization Expense On Intangible Assets

2012	$	9.3 million
2013		9.2 million
2014		8.5 million
2015		8.5 million
2016		8.5 million