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Amount of noncash expense included in interest expense to issue debt and obtain financing associated with the related debt instruments. Alternate captions include noncash interest expense.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount before tax of foreign currency transaction realized and unrealized gain (loss) recognized in the income statement.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in settlement of litigation and insurance claims. Excludes claims within an insurance entity's normal claims settlement process.

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Total loss recognized during the period from the impairment of goodwill plus the loss recognized in the period resulting from the impairment of the carrying amount of intangible assets, other than goodwill.

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Charge to cost of goods sold that represents the reduction of the carrying amount of inventory, generally attributable to obsolescence or market conditions.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 26, 2014	Dec. 27, 2013	Dec. 28, 2012
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment	$ 0	$ 99.6	$ 0
Favorable (unfavorable) court ruling related to litigation settlement		16.6
Concentration risk, percentage	10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Other accounts receivable, value added taxes receivable current	28.8us-gaap_ValueAddedTaxReceivableCurrent	22.6us-gaap_ValueAddedTaxReceivableCurrent
Other accounts receivable, allowance for value added tax receivable current	0.6	0.9
Other accounts receivable, value added taxes receivable noncurrent	10.8	10.1
Other accounts receivable, allowance for value added tax receivable noncurrent	12.1	10.2
Ownership interest	20.00%
Definite-lived intangibles, weighted average amortization period (in years)	21 years 6 months
Amortization expense for definite-lived intangible assets	0.8us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	0.8us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	0.7us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Asset impairment charges	2.2us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges	22.1us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges	2.2us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Advertising and promotional costs	18.3us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense	20.1us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense	19.7us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense
Amortization of debt issuance costs	0.4us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	0.4us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts	1.2us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
Foreign exchange loss	10.8	2.6	4.4
SOUTH AMERICA [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Favorable (unfavorable) court ruling related to litigation settlement		(1.6)
BRAZIL [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges		1.0
CHILE [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Write-off of inventory	0.5
Banana [Member] \| COSTA RICA
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges		4.3	1.3
Banana [Member] \| BRAZIL [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges	0	11.4
Banana [Member] \| Severe Weather Conditions and Natural Events [Member] \| COSTA RICA
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Write-off of inventory			0.4
Insurance recoveries			0.2
Other Fresh Produce [Member] \| BRAZIL [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges		7.1
Other Fresh Produce [Member] \| CHILE [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges	1.3	0.1
Other Fresh Produce [Member] \| Facility Closing [Member] \| BRAZIL [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Write-off of inventory			0.7
Non Tropical [Member] \| Severe Weather Conditions and Natural Events [Member] \| CHILE [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Write-off of inventory		1.4
Minimum [Member] \| Buildings [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, minimum estimated useful lives (in years)	10 years
Minimum [Member] \| Maritime Equipment (Including Containers) [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, minimum estimated useful lives (in years)	5 years
Minimum [Member] \| Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, minimum estimated useful lives (in years)	3 years
Minimum [Member] \| Furniture, Fixtures and Office Equipment [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, minimum estimated useful lives (in years)	3 years
Minimum [Member] \| Automotive Equipment [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, minimum estimated useful lives (in years)	5 years
Maximum [Member] \| Buildings [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, minimum estimated useful lives (in years)	40 years
Maximum [Member] \| Maritime Equipment (Including Containers) [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, minimum estimated useful lives (in years)	20 years
Maximum [Member] \| Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, minimum estimated useful lives (in years)	20 years
Maximum [Member] \| Furniture, Fixtures and Office Equipment [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, minimum estimated useful lives (in years)	7 years
Maximum [Member] \| Automotive Equipment [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, minimum estimated useful lives (in years)	10 years
Goodwill [Member] \| Product 3 [Member] \| Europe [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges		75.7
Trademarks [Member] \| Product 3 [Member] \| Europe [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment		99.6
Asset impairment charges		$ 23.9