Business Segment Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Net Sales, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net and Identifiable Assets by Geographic Region

We evaluate performance based on several factors, of which net sales and gross profit by product are the primary financial measures (U.S. dollars in millions):

	Year ended
	December 27, 2013				December 28, 2012				December 30, 2011
	Net Sales		Gross Profit		Net Sales		Gross Profit		Net Sales		Gross Profit
Banana	$	1,692.2	$	62.1	$	1,544.6	$	89.7	$	1,653.1	$	88.3
Other fresh produce	1,638.5		192.8		1,544.8		205.8		1,581.6		177.9
Prepared food	353.0		35.5		331.8		46.2		355.0		53.3
Totals	$	3,683.7	$	290.4	$	3,421.2	$	341.7	$	3,589.7	$	319.5

	Year ended
Net sales by geographic region:	December 27, 2013		December 28, 2012		December 30, 2011
North America	$	1,968.3	$	1,821.1	$	1,806.8
Europe	713.4		704.3		854.8
Middle East	524.3		387.4		429.2
Asia	425.6		422.2		431.5
Other	52.1		86.2		67.4
Total net sales	$	3,683.7	$	3,421.2	$	3,589.7

22. Business Segment Data (continued)

Property, plant and equipment, net:	December 27, 2013		December 28, 2012
North America	$	123.3	$	70.0
Europe	54.8		54.1
Middle East	163.0		163.3
Africa	40.7		35.9
Asia	38.4		22.0
Central America	566.3		570.2
South America	70.8		67.7
Maritime equipment (including containers)	31.4		27.9
Corporate	12.5		13.5
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	1,101.2	$	1,024.6

Identifiable assets:	December 27, 2013		December 28, 2012
North America	$	403.7	$	330.5
Europe	333.7		413.2
Middle East	368.1		320.0
Africa	142.7		132.3
Asia	166.8		159.9
Central America	908.9		905.2
South America	136.6		140.7
Maritime equipment (including containers)	46.4		40.2
Corporate	82.3		91.4
Total identifiable assets	$	2,589.2	$	2,533.4