Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

We lease agricultural land and certain property, plant and equipment, including office facilities and refrigerated containers, under operating leases. We also enter into vessel charter agreements for the transport of our fresh produce to markets worldwide using 6 chartered refrigerated vessels.  Terms for vessel charter agreements range between 2 to 10 years.  The aggregate minimum payments under all operating leases and vessel charter agreements with initial terms of one year or more at December 26, 2014 are as follows (U.S. dollars in millions):

2015	$	54.9
2016	53.2
2017	39.6
2018	38.4
2019	36.1
Thereafter	32.9
	$	255.1

Total expense for all operating leases and vessel charter agreements, including leases with initial terms of less than one year, amounted to $106.2 million for 2014, $114.6 million for 2013 and $93.4 million for 2012.

We also have agreements to purchase the entire or partial production of certain products of our independent growers primarily in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador, Cameroon, Colombia, Chile, and the Philippines that meet our quality standards. Total purchases under these agreements amounted to $811.3 million for 2014, $744.3 million for 2013 and $650 million for 2012.