Business Segment Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2014

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 26, 2014				December 27, 2013				December 28, 2012
	Net Sales		Gross Profit		Net Sales		Gross Profit		Net Sales		Gross Profit
Banana	$	1,804.7	$	109.1	$	1,692.2	$	62.1	$	1,544.6	$	89.7
Other fresh produce	1,744.7		210.4		1,638.5		192.8		1,544.8		205.8
Prepared food	378.1		45.3		353.0		35.5		331.8		46.2
Totals	$	3,927.5	$	364.8	$	3,683.7	$	290.4	$	3,421.2	$	341.7

	Year ended
Net sales by geographic region:	December 26, 2014		December 27, 2013		December 28, 2012
North America	$	2,113.4	$	1,968.3	$	1,821.1
Europe	736.1		713.4		704.3
Middle East	554.3		524.3		387.4
Asia	434.5		425.6		422.2
Other	89.2		52.1		86.2
Total net sales	$	3,927.5	$	3,683.7	$	3,421.2

22. Business Segment Data (continued)

Property, plant and equipment, net:	December 26, 2014		December 27, 2013
North America	$	154.8	$	123.3
Europe	48.3		54.8
Middle East	156.8		163.0
Africa	42.1		40.7
Asia	72.6		38.4
Central America	583.1		566.3
South America	71.6		70.8
Maritime equipment (including containers)	26.9		31.4
Corporate	14.0		12.5
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	1,170.2	$	1,101.2

Identifiable assets:	December 26, 2014		December 27, 2013
North America	$	469.3	$	403.7
Europe	346.2		333.7
Middle East	325.7		368.1
Africa	142.7		142.7
Asia	188.1		166.8
Central America	923.9		908.9
South America	154.1		136.6
Maritime equipment (including containers)	47.1		46.4
Corporate	78.2		82.3
Total identifiable assets	$	2,675.3	$	2,589.2